“He is tall, lean, violent. This place is his home. It is his playground. The children his playthings till they get their… — Pierce Brown Copy Share Image
[Albert] Camus always insisted that historical criteria and historical reasoning were not the only things to take into account, and that they… — Catherine Camus Copy Share Image
It is quite easy to see why a legend is treated, and ought to be treated, more respectfully than a book of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Western elites - the beneficiaries of 60 years of peace and prosperity achieved by the sacrifices to defeat fascism and Communism -… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
“I decided Conrad was right after all. Ilsa was meant to be with Laszlo. That was the way it was always supposed… — Jenny Han Copy Share Image
“Concentrate on the question. Oooh, interesting. I haven't seen that stone in that position before. Have you had a history of spontaneous… — Katie MacAlister Copy Share Image
“IN THOSE DAYS, your village might change hands every few weeks, one day to the Communists, the next to the Nationalists, the… — Madeleine Thien Copy Share Image
To be straight, I was kind of a dork, and in order to fulfill the creative fires burning inside me, I participated… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
The Constitution forbids states from banning all religion from public spaces and from making churches the ghettos of religion where all manifestations… — Scott Pruitt Copy Share Image
“Our history defines us as human beings. We talk about living in the present and leaving the past behind; we see ourselves… — Justin Hopson Copy Share Image
Ukraine and Israel have long-standing historical ties. Our nations have together experienced all the tragedies in recent history - the Holodomor and… — Volodymyr Zelensky Copy Share Image
“You are you because you love the way the world looks through your camera. You are you because of the way you… — A.M. Willard Copy Share Image
“Detritus, that's the word. The awful accumulation of wrong decisions, improper terms. You scrape away the excrescences of history...and maybe you get… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“How would it be," she asked them coldly as they left the classroom [Prof Binns, History subject], "if I refused to lend… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
If history were a photograph of the past it would be flat and uninspiring. Happily, it is a painting; and, like all… — Allan Nevins Copy Share Image
“PERCY ALREADY FELT LIKE THE lamest demigod in the history of lame. The purse was the final insult. They’d left R.O.F.L. in… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“We come into a world with a history shaped by the subtle dichotomy of culture and ethos, the dynamic forces of ideas… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
I love histories. I love learning. I love books that talk about people who made a real impact on history, because it… — Glenn Close Copy Share Image
“If a memory wasn't a thing but a memory of a memory of a memory, mirrors set in parallel, then what the… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
Before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here. Before the pen of Jefferson etched across the pages of history the majestic… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“(...) the historian whose pen traces these words - trusting that HE KNOWS HIS PLACE, and that he entertains a becoming recerence… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances… — Victor Sebestyen Copy Share Image
In 'Paltan,' I play a braveheart, Major Bishwant Singh, who was feared by the Chinese. They called him Tiger Nathu La. I… — Sonu Sood Copy Share Image
“Stopping in the 1970s, "Hybridity" as the fifth and final chapter is less of an end point than a certain realization of… — Hannah Landecker Copy Share Image
“Considered interrupting them to note that the entire history of humanity is marked by a single inexorable movement—from animal instinct toward rational… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
There is one lesson from the past, in particular, that we cannot afford to ignore: You cannot make progress on gender equality… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The history of the People is one of cooperation, collectivity, and living in balance. The history of the Indians is one of… — John Trudell Copy Share Image
I think you just have to turn it around and say we are at this absolute historical moment. No generation has ever… — Franny Armstrong Copy Share Image
Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“Venice, ruled by a Council of Ten for 500 years, has a history of secretive government by a cosy nexus of political… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
History presents the pleasantest features of poetry and fiction,--the majesty of the epic, the moving accidents of the drama, the surprises and… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
“Christians can no longer refer to 'our troops' or 'our history' because of their new identity. Fabricated boundaries and walls are removed… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
It is thus necessary that the individual should finally come to realize that his own ego is of no importance in comparison… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Dictators during the entire history of this planet have used similar techniques. By not letting the people of their country know what… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
Once a price move exceeds its median historical age, any method you use to analyze the market, whether it be fundamental or… — Victor Sperandeo Copy Share Image
“It is my conviction that, with the spread of true scientific culture, whatever may be the medium, historical, philological, philosophical, or physical,… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
We study the injustices of history for the same reason that we study genocide, and for the same reason that psychologists study… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
“I know I can be accused of sacrilege in writing about political economy in the style of a novel about love or… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
There is an obsession with black tragedy. If you see a black movie, it's typically historical, and it tends to deal with… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
One of the most singular facts about the unwritten history of this country is the consummate ability with which Southern influence, Southern… — Anna Julia Cooper Copy Share Image