You couldn't changed history. But you could get it right to start with. Do something differently the FIRST time around. This whole… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
“Every culture has a myth of decline from some golden age, and almost all peoples throughout history have been pessimists. Even today… — Peter Thiel Copy Share Image
“The colonialist's existence is so closely aligned with that of the colonized that he will never be able to overcome the argument… — Albert Memmi Copy Share Image
At some point, I stumbled across my two main protagonists: William E. Dodd, a mild-mannered professor of history picked by Roosevelt to… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
Look at the greatest dressers in history - Philadelphia socialite and diplomat Angier Biddle Duke, Sir Anthony Eden, Fred Astaire, the Duke… — Roger Stone Copy Share Image
“History, I always think, is our reality check. And understanding it in places like Liverpool's International Slavery Museum is an essential part… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There is not such a pleasant history for you to read in all the world as the history of your own lives,… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
“They both loved piano music and were convinced that Beethoven’s Sonata No. 32 was the absolute pinnacle in the history of music.… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I'm somewhat horrified because I don't think the young people today even know what history is. Some of them don't' even study… — Joan Sutherland Copy Share Image
“Aku bagai seekor burung elang yang dipotong sayapnya. Setiap kali Inggit memandangiku, setiap kali pula darah menetes dari urat darahnya. Memang terasa… — Cindy Adams Copy Share Image
And this is why studying the history of psi is important. People have been reporting these phenomena for millennia and studying them… — Dean Radin Copy Share Image
I believe our task is to develop a moral and aesthetic imagination deep enough and wide enough to encompass the contradictions of… — Richard Tarnas Copy Share Image
“Rivers course through my dreams, rivers cold and fast, rivers well-known and rivers nameless, rivers that seem like ribbons of blue water… — Harry Middleton Copy Share Image
“You go on, I presume, with your latin Exercises: and I wish to hear of your beginning upon Sallust who is one… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The Seascapes are before human beings and after human beings. The Seascapes were there before our presence, and when our civilization is… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
As far as benefits to reading historical novels, there are several! For one thing, you learn about life in another era. Secondly,… — Mary Pope Osborne Copy Share Image
For the first time in its history, Western Civilization is in danger of being destroyed internally by a corrupt, criminal ruling cabal… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
Drag will always be a dynamic and powerful art form, and it is my duty now to honor the artists who have… — Aquaria Copy Share Image
“There we stood. Elephants to our left, lions to our right, only a stone's throw from hippos and leopards, and what were… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
“It is interesting to note that, as historians and archeologists discover art and writings from ancient civilizations, there are certain patterns that… — August Westman Copy Share Image
“An evolutionary perspective of our place in the history of the earth reminds us that Homo sapiens sapiens has occupied the planet… — Richard E. Leakey Copy Share Image
“One event that is both history and myth is the rain of blood around the year 1000 in Aquitaine and elsewhere in… — Joseph Finley Copy Share Image
“What the Boy chiefly dabbled in was natural history and fairy tales, and he just took them as they came, in a… — Kenneth Grahame Copy Share Image
In order to understand the history of the banjo, and the history of bluegrass music, we need to move beyond the narrative… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
There's always a time in a relationship when you can pull back. Three years ago when I realized I was falling for… — Pam Shriver Copy Share Image
“It is disappointing how people tend not to read a broad range of material. When the poets only read poetry, the historians… — Anthony Leskov Copy Share Image
“They likely would not have been able to be open about it. But the optimist in me likes to believe that the… — Mackenzi Lee Copy Share Image
“Fame had been democratized. During most of history only members of the privileged classes had possessed a realistic opportunity to achieve majestic… — John Ferling Copy Share Image
The highest historical probability can be adduced in support of the proposition that, if it were possible to annihilate the Bible, and… — Edward Everett Copy Share Image
Passion, intellect, moral activity - these three have never been satisfied in a woman. In this cold and oppressive conventional atmosphere, they… — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
“Beside his father, Dorian shifted. When she’d been dueling in the competition, he hadn’t seemed to mind her history. What did he… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
“Yes, my friends, your hunger for history is still pretty segregated. Your knowledge of America often ends at the color line. You… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
The three most charismatic leaders in this century inflicted more suffering on the human race than almost any trio in history: Hitler,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government. The history of government is… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I was born on December 30, 1930 in Ningbo, a city on the east coast of China with a rich culture and… — Tu Youyou Copy Share Image
“When I was twelve I was obsessed. Everything was sex. Latin was sex. The dictionary fell open at 'meretrix', a harlot. You… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
He who wishes to maintain that the past of mankind no longer has any absolute value in lifemust also be ready to… — Johan Huizinga Copy Share Image
I come from an art history background. I studied at a master's degree level; I chose to dork out on art for… — Black Francis Copy Share Image
If [Hillary] Clinton wins, history will also be made: She would be the first female U.S. president, of course, but also the… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image