“in a new world behave in a new way as a new man. unhorse the conquistador.” — Padgett Powell Copy Share Image
After landing his invasion forces on the shores of some country, the sixteenth-century Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes would immediately burn his own… — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
“In 1519, Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, a Spanish conquistador searching for gold and silver, led an expedition from Cuba to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Listen in close, Wall Street Conquistadors, you’re spreading like vapor up through people’s floors, you’re moving en masse under the cracks of… — Trevor D. Richardson Copy Share Image
“The "Garcilaso" mentioned by Markham is the chronicler Garcilaso Inca de la Vega, the son of a Spanish conquistador and an Inca… — Graham Hancock Copy Share Image
“Valdivia's actions symbolize man's indefatigable thirst to take control of a place where he can exercise total authority. That phrase, attributed to… — Ernesto Guevara Copy Share Image
I am actually not at all a man of science, not an observer, not an experimenter, not a thinker. I am by… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
“When the natives questioned Cortés as to why the Spaniards had such a passion for gold, the conquistador answered, ‘Because I and… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
The biggest surprise for me, without a doubt, was that the first black people who came to the United States weren't the… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
“Another of the great civilizations, the Aztecs, raised a breed of hairless chihuahuas especially for eating. When the Conquistadors arrived and found… — Medlar Lucan Copy Share Image
