A novel is not, after all, a historical document, but a way to travel through the human heart. — Julia Alvarez Copy Share Image
History, in fact, is no more than a list of the crimes of humanity, human follies and accidents — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“All people must at all times have the complete freedom to decide where and how to live” — Michael G. Kramer Copy Share Image
I have achieved lots of things throughout my career that are very, very good, but if they rewarded me with a Ballon… — Sergio Ramos Copy Share Image
Today's Politically Correct "historical Jesuses" are no different, being mere clones of the scholars who design them. — Robert M. Price Copy Share Image
Many of the things the slow food people honor were innovations within historical times. Somebody had to be the first European to… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
I do photograph things for people to look at 100 years from now. But we're such a mediated society that things become… — Catherine Opie Copy Share Image
War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures. — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
In international relations, in foreign policy, a great deal has to do with historical circumstances, a great deal has to do with… — Salman Khurshid Copy Share Image
In historical messianism, the reign of the Messiah is brought about by a Jewish ruler powerful enough to gather the Jewish exiles… — David Novak Copy Share Image
The supremacy of public opinion determines not only the singular role that economics occupies in the complex of thought and knowledge. It… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Marxism must abhor nothing so much as the possibility that it becomes congealed in its current form. It is at its best… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
I can not give you the reference of Ram Chandar or Krishna, because they were not historical figures. I can not help… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
And always we had wars, and more wars, and still other wars - all over Europe, all over the world. "Sometimes in… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I research the role, and if it's a literary character, I read the book, and if it's an historical figure, I research… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
I've been collecting photographs since I don't know when, for a long time, for different reasons. You can find them on eBay… — Thomas Ruff Copy Share Image
The importance of the End of time is as ... a psychological event ... When you have seen the radiance of eternity… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
This is not a matter of subjective theory, but of plain, historical fact. If there had never been a nation of Israel,… — Derek Prince Copy Share Image
Since the 1960s, we have seen the failure of the melting pot ideology. This ideology suggested that different historical, cultural and socioeconomic… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
If there be a mind that, not perceiving in the narratives we have compared the fingermarks of tradition, and hence the legendary… — David Friedrich Strauss Copy Share Image
Curiously, the righteous Pharisees had little historical impact, save for a brief time in a remote corner of the Roman Empire. But… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Altermodern is an in-progress redefinition of modernity in the era of globalisation, stressing the experience of wandering in time, space and mediums.… — Nicolas Bourriaud Copy Share Image
I've always really loved big worlds and the kind of worldbuilding where you can open a portal into a new realm that… — Victoria Aveyard Copy Share Image
Now, I actually have to a degree, a responsibility to ensure that it doesn't happen again.' I felt pride. When you're up… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
“I have been up too congress, and they do not seem to do anything except eat peanuts and chew tobacco while my… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think the only difference between me and other people is that when I hear of an interesting historical incident, I immediately… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
Even if people tell me they have historical proof [that it is not historical], that doesn't really bother me. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
With sci-fi you get these kind of stories in historical drama, and it's just so fabulous. — Mark Sheppard Copy Share Image
Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos. — Polybius Copy Share Image
In non-fiction you have to stay true to historical events, be they personal or national . — Andrew Lam Copy Share Image
What we in America call terrorists are really groups of people that reject the international system — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
I've played so many historical characters because most horrible dictators are short, fat, middle-aged men. — Bob Hoskins Copy Share Image
Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The chief practical use of history is to deliver us from plausible historical analogies. — James Bryce Copy Share Image
Research can be a big clunker. It's difficult to know how you can make the historical light. — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw… — Rachel Gibson Copy Share Image
I always tell students that the first question to ask about any historical action is this: who makes money out of the… — Carl R Trueman Copy Share Image
A newspaper has three things to do. One is to amuse, another is to entertain and the rest is to mislead. — Ernest Bevin Copy Share Image
Even a lame-duck president can be affected by a clear midterm message if he wants to see his vice president elected and… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
The modern banking system manufactures money out of nothing. The process is perhaps the most astounding piece of sleight-of-hand that was ever… — Josiah Stamp Copy Share Image