We have endless books about whether Jesus existed, or whether the Jesus we have learned about is really accurate and historical or… — Joseph Girzone Copy Share Image
It was like a page torn from a history book, from some historical novel about the captivity of babylon or Spanish Inquisition. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
My final historical romance came out December 2005. While I enjoyed writing medieval romances, I was also dying to write something with… — Tina St. John Copy Share Image
It is common to assume that human progress affects everyone - that even the dullest man, in these bright days, knows more… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I can honestly say that there are many forms of atheism that I find far more admirable than many forms of Christianity… — David Bentley Hart Copy Share Image
There is very strong historical data that suggest the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments. — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
“It was regarded as almost outside the proper interest of an analyst to give systematic attention to a person's real experiences.” — John Bowlby Copy Share Image
Every Jewish holiday has a religious significance, a historical significance, and a relevance to the time of year in the natural calendar… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
I read mostly historical fiction - lots of stuff set in ancient Rome and ancient Greece. I also liked sci-fi and fantasy:… — Henry Cavill Copy Share Image
To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
There is an angel within the monkey struggling to get free, and this is what the historical crisis is all about. — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
“In London, Alexander knows, they like neither his sister nor himself. Society considers the Tsar silly and vain, a ballroom dancer with… — Emma Richler Copy Share Image
“A little later, Sherri went to get the laundry. She had to go down to the wash house and sought it. She… — Cindy Burrows Copy Share Image
Just recognizing and naming that many of the things we treat as historical fact are stories can help erode their power over… — Annie Leonard Copy Share Image
By nature, an auction is kind of a wholesale beast anyway. You're buying second hand goods, even with the historical, antique or… — Paul Brown Copy Share Image
The hero, therefore, is the man or woman who has been able to battle past his personal and local historical limitations. — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
The Council on Foreign Relations is "the establishment." Not only does it have influence and power in key decision-making positions at the… — John Rarick Copy Share Image
So-called racial characteristics are not really racial at all but are due to the historical experiences of the communities in question. — Arnold J. Toynbee Copy Share Image
Because of their historical theory of the "alienation of labor" (that the worker must become less and less in control of the… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
No, this customary aim of research by excavators is completely foreign to the historical work with which I am occupied... my sole… — Heinrich Schliemann Copy Share Image
The 'inquests' which resulted in the compilation of the Domesday Book made a vivid and unfavorable impression on the country. A similar… — Edward Jenks Copy Share Image
World dictatorship can be established only when the victory of socialism has been achieved in certain countries or groups of countries ...… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
Later, I went one step further, by putting in some invented "historical" bits [into the Lincoln in the Bardo]. And reading those… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
