I would have been an essayist in the 18th century. Maybe I'd have had one gag in the piece, but essentially I'd… — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
If the rise of European colonisation began in 18th century India, then the rallying cry of 'Jai Hind!' also signalled its end… — Pranab Mukherjee Copy Share Image
The fact that I spend a lot of time in the 18th century doesn't mean I'm not concerned with the 21st. — Robert Darnton Copy Share Image
Hamilton had one of those extraordinary 18th-century minds that touched on virtually every major topic of the day. — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
The word 'America' probably didn't appear in the Persian language until the end of the 18th century - but then with a… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
My collection of historical fashion consists of about 10,000 pieces - dresses and accessories, from 18th century to today. The main focus… — Alexander Vassiliev Copy Share Image
Instead of having to be a member of the Royal Society to do science, the way you had to be in England… — Seth Lloyd Copy Share Image
When a finished work of 20th century sculpture is placed in an 18th century garden, it is absorbed by the ideal representation… — Robert Smithson Copy Share Image
“Most of us know, now, that Rousseau was wrong: that man, when you knock his chains off, sets up the death camps.… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
When I wrote about Mary Wollstonecraft, I found that here she was, in the late 18th century, going to work for the… — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
Also, an area that interests me - and it will probably take years to state what I mean - is the period… — Fiona Shaw Copy Share Image
“Where is there a Woman, who having generously trusted her liberty with a husband, does not immediately find the spaniel metamorphosed into… — Lady Sophia Fermor Copy Share Image
My favourite fellow of the Royal Society is the Reverend Thomas Bayes, an obscure 18th-century Kent clergyman and a brilliant mathematician who… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
The good news is that there is strong movement in this direction of shifting from domination systems to partnership systems. Over the… — Riane Eisler Copy Share Image
We are now returning to the 18th century empirical approach with the new interest in the evolutionary basis of ethics, with 'experimental'… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
The theory of social contracts extends as far back as Plato. However, it was the great 18th century social philosophers John Locke,… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
Look, science is hard, it has a reputation of being hard, and the facts are, it is hard, and that's the result… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
In Europe, the Enlightenment of the 18th century was seen as a battle against the desire of the Church to limit intellectual… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
If I drive my car to the store, those carbon molecules that are emitted actually get into the atmosphere circulation systems and… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
By 18th century standards, they [Great Britain] were the freest, most dynamic, most willing to challenge tradition and authority. They had the… — Charles R. Morris Copy Share Image
Ultimately, I think the United States is a pretty awesome country but it very plausibly would have been even awesomer had English… — Matthew Yglesias Copy Share Image
In the last quarter of the 20th century, Britons have been understandably obsessed with the problem of having too little power in… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Soldiers of the American Revolution fought that 18th century war with heavy muskets. In the early 20th century, we kids fought it… — Paul Engle Copy Share Image
Rick Perry said America's revolutionary war was fought in the 16th century. When told it was actually the 18th century, Perry apologized… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
I would still love to do more Handel. I think Handel was a fantastic composer. I did lots of Vivaldi, but it's… — Cecilia Bartoli Copy Share Image
I think I'm from the 18th century, not even the 19th. I don't even use a typewriter. I prefer longhand, and that's… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
If you lived in 18th-century England, you probably lived in a village, worked on the land, and your greatest fears were probably… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
In the 18th century, people began to adopt the radical new idea that love should be the most fundamental reason for marriage… — Jardine Libaire Copy Share Image
It may be said of many palaeontologists, as Professor Hugh Trevor-Roper said recently of 18th century historians: "Their most serious error was… — D. V. Ager Copy Share Image
However, it was the great 18th century social philosophers John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau who brought the concept of a… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
I do believe that our modern English usage has become way too clipped and austere. I have been reading excerpts from the… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
You need some reason why Beethoven, Mozart and Haydn in the 18th century all flocked to Vienna. What was it about Vienna?… — Eric Weiner Copy Share Image
The lessons of the First Amendment are as urgent in the modern world as the 18th Century when it was written. One… — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
Compare the scale and magnifcence of Versailles with St James's - the brick-built hovel in which the 18th-century kings of England lived.… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
The Constitution has to be interpreted loosely, otherwise it becomes a straitjacket. You can't interpret it literally. You can pretend to, and… — Richard Posner Copy Share Image
Growing up as a black kid with a white father who loves you, who affirms you, who was part of your life… — Benjamin Jealous Copy Share Image
I hope that people will come and experience our play 'A Small Oak Tree Runs Red' . I don't want anybody to… — Harry Lennix Copy Share Image
About 70% of what I've written about is centered on the clashes and conformities between the emerging life and physical sciences and… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
“I think it evidently appears, that there is no science, office, or dignity, which Women have not an equal right to share… — Lady Sophia Fermor Copy Share Image
“And the differences thence arising [between the constitution of men and women] are no ways sufficient to argue more natural strength in… — Lady Sophia Fermor Copy Share Image
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