“Knowledge can never imprison you, but you can be captive to your ignorance.” — A.E. Samaan Copy Share Image
I'm saying that there's absolutely no conclusive evidence that Jesus ever really existed, even as a mortal. I don't believe he was… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
The Odyssey is the story of Americans up to the point where they are well-established, and even so it is detached from… — Raymond Queneau Copy Share Image
“Still pleasant as a cornered hedgehog, and as well mannered as a badger, I see.” — Kerrigan Byrne Copy Share Image
It often disturbs me, when I see a film set in a historical time, that the people are too modern. — Max von Sydow Copy Share Image
It is only by historical analysis that we can discover what makes up man, since it is only in the course of… — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
Germany's historical responsibility will not expire. We want to live up to it - and you should judge us on it. — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
There cannot be true democracy unless all citizens are able to participate fully in the lives of their country. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“As an American historian, I will be correcting the historical record for the dangerous DeSoto Solar Farm to be a true, accurate… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
I've just written a very gritty, non-magical take on the King Arthur legend, 'Here Lies Arthur,' and I'm currently toying with some… — Philip Reeve Copy Share Image
Quite apart from any conscious program, the great cultural historians have always been historical morphologists: seekers after theforms of life, thought, custom,… — Johan Huizinga Copy Share Image
There are a lot of parallels between the historical Henry VIII and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. There's an oscillation and extremity of emotion… — Natalie Dormer Copy Share Image
Historical grammar is a study of how, say, modern English developed from Middle English, and how that developed from Early and Old… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
What I have learned from studying counterfactual history is that the law of unintended consequences always kicks in no matter how secure… — Gavriel David Rosenfeld Copy Share Image
And the American people should be made aware of the trend toward the monopolization of the great public information vehicles and the… — Spiro T. Agnew Copy Share Image
And what more should I say since it expels the whole host of the virtues from the chamber of the human heart… — Peter Damian Copy Share Image
Presented memorial to [Constitutional Convention] committee on sufferage. Was very courteously treated. We all felt it a great day in the history… — Ruth May Fox Copy Share Image
I would argue that the truth of Easter does not depend on whether there was an empty tomb, or whether anything happened… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
I started going out with one of my managers and he really grew me up in a lot of ways. He introduced… — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
For even the most childish intoxication with progress will soon be forced to recognize that writing and books have a function that… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Whereas if you're a reader, you can enter other people's minds, you can be in direct contact with people who may have… — Lucy Hughes-Hallett Copy Share Image
“Doubtless Princess Juliana intended for me to overhear her comment on seeing Theodora in wedding regalia. “She’s like wisteria: beautiful in a… — Carol Strickland Copy Share Image
Transcending class distinctions, the speaker [Stalin] portrays the relation between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat as a mere division of labor. The… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
If one were to claim that the U.S. occupation forces in Iraq have been provided with "keys to heaven" by the Pentagon,… — Mohammad Marandi Copy Share Image
Jesus clearly believed in the reality of Satan and other principalities and powers. Now, I have very compelling historical, philosophical, and existential… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
There's a lot more historical baggage to deal with as a wife than as a partner. — Alison Pill Copy Share Image
We are giving away the country so a few very rich people can get richer. — Virgil Goode Copy Share Image