I'm here to encourage everyone to look at the data themselves, not just buy what they're told. I find that my standards… — Walter Cunningham Copy Share Image
Film is the only language I speak, and I have been lucky to be involved in some great stories. You don't want… — Clark Johnson Copy Share Image
Maybe one way to think about it would be in the context of the historical development of germ theory. The problem of… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
“I struck down his evil no matter what name it took for itself, no matter that it called itself history or revolution,… — Steve Erickson Copy Share Image
“the British economic historian Angus Maddison has demonstrated, India’s share of the world economy was 23 per cent, as large as all… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
“Observe this fact: in the history of mankind, every ruler who has lacked personal greatness has been forced to compensate for the… — Alfred de Vigny Copy Share Image
Creative accounting is an absolute curse to a civilization. One could argue that double-entry bookkeeping was one of history's great advances. Using… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
“As Engels memorably put it: “The overthrow of mother-right was the world historical defeat of the female sex. The man took command… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ti's not religion nor politics nor decree, Ti's not history nor ethics nor the visions you might see, Ti's the simplicity to… — Jasmina Siderovski Copy Share Image
“The whole of world history often seems to me nothing more than a picture book which portrays humanity's most powerful and a… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
In no country has the historical blackout been more intense and effective than in Great Britain. Here it has been ingeniously christened… — Harry Elmer Barnes Copy Share Image
“The writer's object should be to hold the reader's attention. I want the reader to turn the page and keep on turning… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
It is inherent in human consciousness to improve. So there is nothing unique about a people searching for and creating ways to… — Barbara De Angelis Copy Share Image
The absence of romance from my history will, I fear, detract somewhat from its interest; but if it be judged useful by… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I'd sold more records than any other person in history with one album, at that point, in '76. It became a very… — Peter Frampton Copy Share Image
I think that's what makes many Swedes jealous of immigrant groups. You [immigrants] have a culture, an identity, a history, something that… — Mona Sahlin Copy Share Image
“Our historical pursuits should seek meaning as well as understanding, wisdom as well as knowledge. They should center on two pivotal questions:… — Robert Tracy McKenzie Copy Share Image
I think it's important to understand Shari'a to be rooted in history - what we know about the history and what we… — Sadakat Kadri Copy Share Image
I remember, growing up as a kid, history class was very washed-over. They didn't really get into the gritty bits of slavery.… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
“It is undoubtedly true that religion is often socially conservative. By binding a people together under a shared God, a common cosmology… — Steve Bruce Copy Share Image
If you stop and think about our history, one of the reasons we had an American century and there is an American… — Ken Mehlman Copy Share Image
“You have on your history," said the artist, "and we're not used to that, believe me. Not to history. Not to old… — Joanna Russ Copy Share Image
“Right now, we are in a peak cycle. There’s tremendous energy out there, directed against the state. It’s not all focused, but… — George L. Jackson Copy Share Image
“Something, which the police called a bomb, had exploded in his shed. Investigations were begun, and the efforts of the authorities were… — Ernst von Salomon Copy Share Image
German dominance in the EU is a fact of life. But for historical reasons, it would be the last country to be… — Anthony Glees Copy Share Image
“Esther asks why peaple are sad . "That's simple," says the old man. "They ara the prioners of their personal history. Everyone… — paulo coelho Copy Share Image
A man I admire and respect - Congressman John Lewis, an American hero, made allegations that Sarah Palin and I were somehow… — John McCain Copy Share Image
“His expression was suddenly serious as the tip of his finger traced her lips. “I never understood why history is filled with… — Elizabeth Elliott Copy Share Image
In American history, Black people are usually the ones doing the work, pushing the boundaries of what America is supposed to mean,… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
I do think that how certain individuals gained notoriety in life and permanent historic places in death tells us a lot about… — Jeff Guinn Copy Share Image
When I was deciding whether or not to take the job at Celine, I didn't really look at the history of the… — Phoebe Philo Copy Share Image
“None save her people knew her history, but there were wonderful stories of how she had bowed to tradition, and concentrated in… — R. Murray Gilchrist Copy Share Image
“Words matter, in fact. They're not pointless, as you've suggested. If they were pointless, then they couldn't start revolutions and they wouldn't… — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
In anthropology, which historically exists to 'give voice' to others, there is no greater taboo than self-revelation. The impetus of our discipline,… — Ruth Behar Copy Share Image
“Manuscript editions didn't immediately die out with the printing explosion that burst across Europe in the 1460s and 1470s. Manuscripts continued to… — Ian Lamont Copy Share Image
“In the process, what must be spoken meets what cannot be said. Each word is a catalyst, requiring the writer to break… — Duo Duo Copy Share Image
“Europe is equal to its historical task. Against the anti-spiritual, anti-heroic 'ideals' of America-Jewry, Europe pits its metaphysical ideas, its faith in… — Francis Parker Yockey Copy Share Image
Columbus was above all an explorer, and his historic achievements opened the Americas to trade and the eventual English settlements, settlements which… — Tom Tancredo Copy Share Image
The dustbin of history is littered with remains of those countries that relied on diplomacy to secure their freedom. We must never… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image