You can't name the inventor of the camera. The 19th-century invention was chemical: the fixative. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
The United States' poetry emerged when there was a high literacy rate in the United States, even in the 19th century. People… — Eavan Boland Copy Share Image
The democratic ideal has always been related to a moderate level of inequality. I think one big reason why electoral democracy flourished… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
Most of the well-known American feminists of the 19th century did not come out against the institution of marriage. — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
For daughters of the new American billionaires of the 19th century, it was the ultimate deal: marriage to a cash-strapped British Aristocrat… — Daisy Goodwin Copy Share Image
The Armstrong record that I personally like the most, is a recording of a song by Harold Arlen called, "I Got a… — Terry Teachout Copy Share Image
One of the prime backers of land bill was a Republican Congressman, a Paul Gosar. And when he was challenged by an… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
Because the New Testament provides the primary historical source for information on the resurrection, many critics during the 19th century attacked the… — Josh McDowell Copy Share Image
The Indian education system, like the Indian bureaucratic system, is Victorian and still in the 19th century. Our schools are still designed… — Sugata Mitra Copy Share Image
The 19th century Mormons, including some of my ancestors, were not eager to practice plural marriage. They followed the example of Brigham… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
In the 19th century, we devoted our best minds to exploring nature. In the 20th century, we devoted ourselves to controlling and… — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
Foreign correspondence has a natural element of romanticism - and this could be seen as soon as that class of professional reporter… — John Maxwell Hamilton Copy Share Image
I love to try to understand first principles and be guided by that. But then, enrich them, because they won't last forever,… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
During the 19th century, Iranians lost vast territories in disastrous wars, and corrupt monarchs sold everything of value in the country to… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
When I was a kid growing up in Cleveland, I believed - completely, wholeheartedly, without reservation or pause - that the Cleveland… — Joe Posnanski Copy Share Image
Like prospecting in the 19th century, reconnaissance of the asteroids would of necessity take place in an arena where trouble is likely… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I looked at art as a way of blending everything. One of my favorite composers is Wagner… — DJ Spooky Copy Share Image
I would be curious about one of those Jane Austen women - you know - long-suffering, dutiful - but all right in… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
“By the nineteenth century, society had given up burning witches. Yet the sexual exploitation of children continued. In late-nineteenth-century Britain, for example,… — Patrick J. Carnes Copy Share Image
In 19th-century France, artists were part of government. Artists are very sensitive to their time. They're very thoughtful people - it makes… — Elizabeth Peyton Copy Share Image
“Rome took all the vanity out of me, for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with… — Lynn Abbey Copy Share Image
Is there a gender gap in the music industry? It is true that there are more professional male music creators than female.… — Barbara Harbach Copy Share Image
I think every age has a medium that talks to it more eloquently than the others. In the 19th century it was… — Walter Murch Copy Share Image
Today the crime novelist has one advantage denied to writers of 'straight' or 'literary' novels. Unlike them he can range over all… — Allan Massie Copy Share Image
