Things spoken can be forgotten and forgiven, but the written word has the power to change the course of history, to alter… — Teresa Mummert 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
“Human history is one prolonged and painful limping. We invariably step with one foot on the rock of justice, and with the… — Danail Hristov Copy Share Image
“[F]or all its reputation for conservatism, cricket in its history has demonstrated a remarkable capacity for innovation. What game has survived subjection… — Gideon Haigh Copy Share Image
Past is hitory, future is a mystery. And today is a gift... That is why it's called present. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
I grew up reading the classic novels of Cold War espionage, and I studied Russian history and Soviet foreign policy. — Daniel Silva Copy Share Image
If history is deprived of the Truth, we are left with nothing but an idle, unprofitable tale. — Polybius Copy Share Image
“History, practical experience, common sense and economic theory all agree: economic competition is probably one of the greatest ideas humans ever came… — Michele Boldrin Copy Share Image
The urge to discover, to invent, to know the unknown, seems so deeply human that we cannot imagine our history without it. — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
History reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis. — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
Food history is as important as a baroque church. Governments should recognize cultural heritage and protect traditional foods. A cheese is as… — Carlo Petrini Copy Share Image
“I dont believe knowing can save us. What is constant in history is greed and foolishness and a love of blood and… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
China and India are feeding their people for the first time in human history due to free markets, and the Left knows… — Dave Brat Copy Share Image
I was totally absorbed in the real world, the politics, the history, the news, and I just couldn't find my way into… — David Guterson Copy Share Image
“I went to that show, although I remember very little about it. History relates, though, that also in the audience that night… — Rod Stewart Copy Share Image
“The past is our always-available counterculture, and it's a rich one. Every minute you spend attending to something not-immediately-present, you are helping… — Alan Jacobs Copy Share Image
“The sixth of January, 1482, is not, however, a day of which history has preserved the memory. There was nothing notable in… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
We can start looking for ways to preserve our heritage outside lazily defending a flag with history steeped in racism and treason. — Tyler Childers Copy Share Image
The errors of former times are recorded for our instruction in order that we may avoid their repition. — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
When every fact, every present or past phenomenon of that universe, every phase of present or past life therein, has been examined,… — Karl Pearson Copy Share Image
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. They… — Barbara W Tuchman Copy Share Image
Jewish Americans have a long and proud history in Georgia and in the United States. Their story is inherently American - it… — Lucy McBath Copy Share Image
To pretend that civilization can exist without destroying its own landbase and the landbases and cultures of others is to be entirely… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
