If you think about the last 50 years, Africa's proximity and historical context has absolutely been with Europe and the United States,… — Dambisa Moyo Copy Share Image
There are two things that have been true throughout history in big hunks. You can find differences in ten years, but in… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Those, who are strongly wedded to what I shall call 'the classical theory', will fluctuate, I expect, between a belief that I… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
“And the more you look at the history of Homo sapiens, it’s all about movement, right from the very first time they… — Neil MacGregor Copy Share Image
“We tried to outpace the thing that chased us, that said: You are nothing. We tried to ignore it, but sometimes we… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
“Why have two figures of such remarkable interest been so scanted by the annalists and historians, so overlooked by philosophers, poets, and… — Steven Saylor Copy Share Image
Every epoch which seeks renewal first projects its ideal into a human form. In order to comprehend its own essence tangibly, the… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
In the history of a soul’s evolution there is a critical point of the human incarnation that decides for us whether we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Californias red-legged frogs are part of our historical, literary and cultural heritage, ... It is critically important that we ensure that there… — Robert Stack Copy Share Image
“According to Mark, it was a custom of the Roman governor during the feast of Passover to release one prisoner to the… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
I think that the reason that people are so up in arms about movies that have historical inaccuracies is because now that… — Nicholas Meyer Copy Share Image
In any civilized society the most important task is achieving a proper balance between freedom and order. In wartime, reason and history… — William Rehnquist Copy Share Image
“when we turn to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John we discover that they at least think it’s important to retell the history… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
That historian or scholar who delights in pointing out the weaknesses and frailties of present or past leaders destroys faith. A destroyer… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
“Whichever came first—the act or the myth—human sacrifice is one of history’s oldest locomotives. Much of literature is about scapegoats: comedy is… — Yuri Slezkine Copy Share Image
Feminism rotates between backlash and interest. And the cool thing about the Internet is that it's allowing women more access to their… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
Time is the most important factor in determining market movements and by studying past price records you will be able to prove… — William Delbert Gann Copy Share Image
“Omer took a deep breath and stood up. 'It's a bad history without a doubt, he said. Nothing to be proud of.'… — Naomi Shibab Nye Copy Share Image
I think if you could remove all of the baggage - all of the ideology, the history, whatever else - and look… — Kenneth M. Pollack Copy Share Image
I think part of the thing that is important to me, and is important to Labour supporters, is that the fight goes… — Ed Miliband Copy Share Image
“For Padilla the shared act of smoking was basically a staging of loneliness: the tough guys, the talkers, the quick to forget… — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
It is precisely that requirement of shared worship that has been the principal source of suffering for individual man and the human… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Horsemanship through the history of all nations has been considered one of the highest accomplishments. You can't pass a park without seeing… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
“We are among the first peoples in human history who do not broadly inherit religious identity as a given, a matter of… — Krista Tippett Copy Share Image
If, then, this civilization is to be saved, if it is not to be submerged by centuries of barbarism, but to secure… — Johan Huizinga Copy Share Image
The 2003 invasion of Iraq by U.S. and coalition partners stands as one of the greatest blunders in American history. The Islamic… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
The starting point is the recognition that throughout history, religion has been a cause of bloodshed, and it remains so today. Because… — John C. Danforth Copy Share Image
“God shall have a starring role in my history of the world. How could it be otherwise? If He exists, then He… — Penelope Lively Copy Share Image
I had always looked down on sociology as this arriviste discipline. It didn't have the noble history of English and history as… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
As far as the creative side of making great, great albums and really trying to go down in history? I don't see… — Raekwon Copy Share Image
That public virtue which among the ancients was denominated patriotism, is derived from a strong sense of our own interest in the… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
We are fascinated with our own history, and we are fascinated with the Romans because they were millennia ago, and yet they… — Kit Harington Copy Share Image
I see the great continuities in New Zealand history as being decency and common sense and up until now when we've confronted… — Michael King Copy Share Image
Of course, I believe that Mike Piazza is probably the greatest offensive catcher in the history of baseball, only got over 50%.… — Pete Rose Copy Share Image
Each typeface is a piece of history, like a chip in a mosaic that depicts the development of human communication. Each typeface… — Will Burtin Copy Share Image
“The stark reality is that the early days of the final end times prophesied in the Bible have already begun. Most of… — John Price Copy Share Image
“if we want to read an old book, perhaps just as it was read on the day it was written, we cannot… — Joshua D. Broggi Copy Share Image
“In North Carolina, I stopped to gas up at a Humble Oil station, then walked around the corner to use the toilet.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The old saying, if you want something bad enough you will fight for it. Is pretty much an outdated belief in the… — Adar Burks Copy Share Image
“Without the errors which are active in every psychical pleasure and displeasrue a humanity would never have come into existence--whose fundamental feeling… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
