Paper is poverty, it is only the ghost of money, and not money itself. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“I love you enough to keep you from dying with me... ~ Dane de Falaise” — Gayle Mullen Pace Copy Share Image
No one has ever succeeded in keeping nations at war except by lies. — Salvador de Madariaga Copy Share Image
“The Postman rings twice, but the Insurance man rings until he collects"-Scott G. Brown” — Scott G. Brown II Copy Share Image
It's so damn hard to write a great historical mystery based on fact. It's not for lack of trying. — Jon Turteltaub Copy Share Image
A collection of masks, depicting historical figures in life and what I like to call the eternal repose. — Wes Craven Copy Share Image
Whoever today speaks of human existence in terms of power, efficiency, and historical tasks is an actual or potential assassin. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
I'm sorry to say it has some historical analogs. It's kind of reminiscent of what happened in Germany in the late Weimar… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Bodies lay strewn all around. Turkish and Wallachian warriors caught up in the intimate indiscriminate embrace of death.” — Shane K.P. O'Neill Copy Share Image
The evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy. The people do not want virtue, but are the dupes of pretended… — Elbridge Gerry Copy Share Image
“Paying twenty-five dollars for me was your mistake, ma’am. I’m not worth more than fifteen.” — Margaret Brownley Copy Share Image
Oddly enough, my favorite genre is not fiction. I'm attracted by primary sources that are relevant to historical questions of interest to… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
To suggest that Quebecers willingly give up the chance to exercise fully their influence within the federal government would be to betray… — Kim Campbell Copy Share Image
Most romances aren't swept aside by big historical events. Most romances in the history of the world fall apart because of other,… — Ned Beauman Copy Share Image
Blending consensus historical events and personages with imaginary occult forces is a strong recipe for counterfactual storytelling goodness that combines the best… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
We want to overcome our historical problems with Chile. The sea has divided us and the sea must bring us back together… — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
Historical investigation and literary criticism have taken the magic out of the Bible and have made it a composite human book, written… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
I've always loved writing emotionally rich, character-driven novels that explore the way people fall in love and deal with life's triumphs and… — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
With the historical fictions, I was already doing so much research, and so much of the stories was anchored by historical truth… — Debra Dean Copy Share Image
I think a lot of my interest in history now isn't so much in places and names and texts and public figures,… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
[Hillary Clinton] sort of very cautious kind of uncomfortable, clumsy interaction with the black lives movement, who are very smart in recognizing… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
We find collected in this book [The Bible] the superstitious beliefs of the ancient inhabitants of Palestine, with indistinct echoes of Indian… — Max Nordau Copy Share Image
I would not hesitate to say I was addicted to the Internet in the first two years. It can be addictive, and… — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
We must teach our people the greatness of China's historical culture. In our educational program we must stress Chinese history and geography… — Chiang Kai-shek Copy Share Image
In terms of the historical record, I should also point out that there is no account in any ancient source whatsoever about… — Bart D. Ehrman Copy Share Image
The plea of good intentions is not one that can be allowed to have much weight in passing historical judgment upon a… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We probably have, right now, after the Civil Rights movement - and this was very unfortunate - the most glaring time of… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image