She breathed deeply of the scent of decaying fiction, disintegrating history, and forgotten verse, and she observed for the first time that… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
I love those historians that are either very simple or most excellent. Such as are between both (which is the most common… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
He smiles. I want to be with you as one of you. His smile dropped. Jade I can't. No Stark, you had… — Jade Copy Share Image
In the academic world, biographies of these great figures of the past fell out of favor in the 1960s, when there was… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
“All civilization comes through literature now, especially in our country. A Greek got his civilization by talking and looking, and in some… — William Dean Howells Copy Share Image
“Above all, it seems to me wrongheaded and dangerous to invoke historical assumptions about environmental practices of native peoples in order to… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
We have learned from history that change is never easy, that it usually doesn't look pretty, especially in today's politically-charged environment where… — Cris Carter Copy Share Image
This will be a great day in our history; the date of a New Revolution - quite as much needed as the… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
American policy seems to be wed to a perpetual state of war. Why? History shows that the world will always be in… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
My education was seeing and touching the world. I would read about the history of a castle with my mother - who… — Alex Sharp Copy Share Image
To come very near to a true theory, and to grasp its precise application, are two different things, as the history of… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
I go into my library, and all history unrolls before me. I breathe the morning air of the world while the scent… — Alexander Smith Copy Share Image
“Much of the history of cryptology of this time is a patchwork, a crazy quilt of unrelated items, sprouting, flourishing, withering. Only… — David Kahn Copy Share Image
“Go up along the eastern side of Lake Michigan, steer northeast when the land bends away at Point Betsie, and you come… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
We can never change or take something back cause thats already history but what we can do is do something that can… — Paul Copy Share Image
We give Supreme Court justices this freedom because we expect them to remain above the pull of politics, to avoid the effects… — Herb Kohl Copy Share Image
“In comparison, young unmarried women in America were fortunate: They had a certain measure of sexual freedom. Eighteenth-century parents allowed their daughters… — Leora Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
“A billion hours ago, human life appeared on earth. A billion minutes ago, Christianity emerged. A billion seconds ago, the Beatles changed… — Tom Standage Copy Share Image
[Two of the most unpopular presidential candidates selected by the two parties in history] indicates that there is a lot of cynicism… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with new blood, but it has to be balanced as well with people that have been around that know… — Michael Capuano Copy Share Image
“There is no solution. I can see no possibility of peace in my lifetime. So long as they continue with their attacks,… — Marina Lewycka Copy Share Image
“Throughout history, Christians have faced the persistent temptation of confusing the language we use to talk about God with the essence of… — John D. Roth Copy Share Image
“Those who say marriage is no different to cohabitation are perhaps less sensitive to issues of continuity. Legally and socially, marriage provided… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
Brandon McCaw painted this picture in 500 B.C. for the Mesolithic era was a period of transition more noteworthy for its important… — Brandon McCaw Copy Share Image
“Societies united by ideology or historical circumstance but divided by civilization either come apart, as did the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and Bosnia,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Hollywood versions of watershed moments in American history are generally high-minded shlock. 'JFK,' 'The People vs. Larry Flynt,' even 'Lincoln': all of… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
“Just think, your not here by chance, but by God's choosing you. His hand formed you, He made you the person you… — Roy Lessin Copy Share Image
“So what you have,” Kenner said, “is a history of ignorant, incompetent, and disastrously intrusive intervention, followed by attempts to repair the… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“This I remember. Some people put this out of their minds and forget it. I don’t. I don’t want to forget it.… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
America can do whatever we set our mind to. That is the story of our history, whether it's the pursuit of prosperity… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Someone is an ignoramus who would say that, 'Oh, we had three hurricanes this year. This proves that somehow the climate is… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Throughout our history Americans have put their faith in God and no one can doubt that we have been blessed for it.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“Library events scare me, as they provide refuge for local historians, fabulists, tellers of tall tales, historical reenactors, and even dream weavers.… — Joe Queenan Copy Share Image
“Sukses yang diperoleh Islam menyeluruh dan juga amat menarik perhatian. Sebagai telah kita sebut, usaha (umat islam itu) bukan hanya membuat mereka… — Gustave E. Von Grunebaum Copy Share Image
“For our purpose, however, what the soldiers did or did not read is irrelevant. For, if soldiers did not learn to fight… — John Keegan Copy Share Image
I loved math and science. It just made sense to me. But my hatred for world history has come to bite me… — Kara Lindsay Copy Share Image
When I was in high school I found literature and history interesting, but science not at all. Literature and history obviously involved… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
Within time, you get comfortable with yourself and with the unknown - that we're not going to know until that time comes.… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
Man is not a machine that can be remodelled for quite other purposes as occasion demands, in the hope that it will… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
The history of England, who has always dealt most harshly with her vanquished foe in the few European wars in which she… — Bernhard von Bulow Copy Share Image
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