History is valuable, to begin with, because it is true; and this, though not the whole of its value, is the foundation… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Could any symbol be any more appropriate of the ambiguity of human transformation? What mushroom is it that grows at the end… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
Any time you write history, you insert your opinion. You pick and choose what you are going to write about. I feel… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
At times like that it's difficult to remember what's at stake, that history is in the making. As a player you feel… — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
Beale Street is a very famous street in the history of America. You know, American music in particular. From the blues to… — Ron Cephas Jones Copy Share Image
His lips never leaving mine. He picked me up keeping me against the wall. His kisses sweet and like drugs. Because I… — Jade Copy Share Image
I thought the Rousey match was the best major league debut in the history of wrestling. They did the right thing at… — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
The dignity of the human person is a transcendent value, always recognized as such by those who sincerely search for the truth.… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
"Natural" man is always there, under the changeable historical man. We call him and he comes-a little sleepy, benumbed, without his lost… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
Lawyers should be chosen because they can demonstrate a history rich in human traits, the ability to care, the courage to fight,… — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
“The privilege of opening the first trial in history for crimes against the peace of the world imposes a grave responsibility. The… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
Perhaps people need to understand some history here. Rene Descartes, in the late 16th, early 17th century, postulated that body, mind, physicality… — Edgar Mitchell Copy Share Image
“No one is charismatic. Someone becomes charismatic in history, socially. The question for me is once again the problem of humility. If… — Myles Horton Copy Share Image
The more recently power has originated, the less it can remain stationary - first because those who created it have become accustomed… — Jacob Burckhardt Copy Share Image
The best way to prevent the homegrown-inspired attacks is literally positive engagement with Muslim communities. Making sure that any immigrant population that… — Ron Johnson Copy Share Image
Take a stand for what's right. Raise a ruckus and make a change. You may not always be popular, but you'll be… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
It's terrifying the way molecular biology has become more and more jargon ridden. But I strongly believe that my book can be… — Matt Ridley Copy Share Image
If you view history as a backdrop, set-dressing or fiction, then 'Pride and Prejudice' is hugely entertaining. My reread saw the misery… — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
“When we observe how the world affects us and let our defenses rest, when we consider the context of our greater history,… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
“I see a cathedral, for instance, one that’s stood for centuries and I marvel and I wonder... How many people passed through… — Benjamin R. Smith Copy Share Image
“Then I am sorry for you, mistress," I said evenly. "But that has nothing to do to me. Do not dare to… — C.J. Sansom Copy Share Image
“To those who in their turn selectively handle Mormon history and discourage our probing it in a number of areas, one needs… — Thomas F. Rogers Copy Share Image
Part of what I loved - and love - about being around older people is the tangible sense of history they embody.… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“It takes so little, so infinitely little, for someone to find himself on the other side of the border, where everything -… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Within the existing neoliberal historical conjuncture, there is a merging of violence and governance and the systemic disinvestment in and breakdown of… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
There is an old joke about socialism as the synthesis of the highest achievements of the whole human history to date: from… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
“It was like being born in Germany after World War II, being from Japan after Pearl Harbour, or America after Hiroshima. History… — Kami Garcia Copy Share Image
“In their spiritual history men may have had times of great humbling and brokenness, but what a different thing this is from… — Andrew Murray Copy Share Image
Over most of history, threats have come from nature - disease, earthquakes, floods, and so forth. But the worst now come from… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
“The historical moment when Bolshevism triumphed for itself in Russia and social democracy fought victoriously for the old world marks the inauguration… — Guy Debord Copy Share Image
Life cannot be destroyed for good, neithercan history be brought entirely to a halt. A secret streamlet trickles on beneath the heavy… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
The goal of any worthwhile and effective journal of opinion analysis in navigating what is an increasingly tribal and divisive period in… — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
“What book, Professor?’ demanded the Doctor. ‘An Earth classic, by one of the greatest writers in that planet’s history,’ said the Professor.… — Gareth Roberts Copy Share Image
“Blackfeet! No tribal name appears oftener in the history of the Northwestern plains; no other is so indelibly written into the meager… — Frank Bird Linderman Copy Share Image
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“Since birth, I have done nothing but train. I studied history, economics, politics, law, foreign relations and cultures, languages, healing and nearly… — Kel Kade Copy Share Image
Anybody looking at the history even of the 20th century would not single out Islam as the bloodthirsty religion; it was Christian/Nazi/Communist… — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
The homeless often lose trust in people: in the hospital doctors, who had no choice but to discharge them back on to… — Ed Davey Copy Share Image
I have always lived in a world in which I'm just a spot in history. My life is not the important point.… — Sheri S. Tepper Copy Share Image
We're addicted to this concept of civilization - we can't imagine living outside of it because we've had it for 10,000 years,… — Serj Tankian Copy Share Image
