It is clear that every civilization undergoes a process of historical change. We can see that a civilization comes into existence, passes… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
'Believing' cannot tip the scales in making a historical judgement about whether something really happened. I can choose to believe that George… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
While all societies make their own imaginaries (institutions, laws, traditions, beliefs and behaviors), autonomous societies are those that their members are aware… — Cornelius Castoriadis Copy Share Image
Like most little girls, I found the lure of grown-up accessories astonishing - lipstick, perfume, hats and gloves. When I write female… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
What worries some people about consumption (and I confess at the outset to be one of these ambivalent creatures, fat but troubled… — Rodney Clapp Copy Share Image
But every historical statement and legitimization itself moves within a certain relation to history. — Martin Heidegger Copy Share Image
I shared this insight with some other boat owners, and they all agreed that, definitely, putting your boar into the water is… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
“It was most troubling to find there existed a pair of lips he would allow to insult him and yet still want… — Jayne Fresina Copy Share Image
That Krishna himself was a historical figure is indeed quite indubitable. — Rudolf Otto Copy Share Image
In becoming a citizen, one undertakes certain duties and responsibilities. One of the more intangible of those duties and responsibilities is no… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
Our knowledge of the historical worth of certain religious doctrines increases our respect for them, but does not invalidate our proposal that… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
My remembrance of the past is a novel I am constantly recomposing; and it would not be a historical novel, but sheer… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
I think it was the same thing that really makes the premise of this film [Women of Wall Street] compelling: the idea… — Meera Menon Copy Share Image
True reflection presents me to myself not as idle and inaccessible subjectivity, but as identical with my presence in the world and… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty Copy Share Image
The historical development of the work of anthropologists seems to single out clearly a domain of knowledge that heretofore has not been… — Franz Boas Copy Share Image
I loved the idea of making history interesting for kids! When Scholastic approached me about 'The 39 Clues', I immediately started going… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Historical sense and poetic sense should not, in the end, be contradictory, for if poetry is the little myth we make, history… — Robert Penn Warren Copy Share Image
“Are ye hungry?" she asked, her voice soothing. His stomach growled. "I could cut the heart out of a stag and eat… — Amy Jarecki Copy Share Image
historical research of the truly scholastic kind is not connected with human beings at all. It is a pure study, like higher… — C. V. Wedgwood Copy Share Image
The idea of making a film - a film that I had certainly never seen before - about the slave experience was… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
“You tell me that you sometimes view the dark side of your Diana, and there no doubt you discover many Spots which… — Abigail Adams Copy Share Image
But though such is our character (Oh. why should I speak of things unfit to be uttered?), the things said of us… — Athenagoras of Athens Copy Share Image
The historical data support one conclusion with unusual force: To invest with success, you must be a long-term investor. — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
