“Yesterday was a dark day in the history of humanity, a terrible affront to human dignity. After receiving the news, I followed… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“The history of ideas, then, is the discipline of beginnings and ends, the description of obscure continuities and returns, the reconstitution of… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
The events of my twenties felt historic, but the people involved did not. I wanted a hero - someone who could make… — Ben Rhodes Copy Share Image
Whether were eating tacos at a roadside stand outside of Houston, or having barbecue somewhere down south, or beautiful fried eggs in… — Alex Wagner Copy Share Image
In the West, since the collapse of communism and the fall of the Soviet Union, the one discipline both the official and… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
Learning from books is so empowering - whether it be from history, a novel or a poem. When you come away from… — Lisa Lucas Copy Share Image
It is almost inconceivable that citizens of that time were willing to support so bloody a war, by putting so high a… — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
“His legend will be written down, eventually, by those who are troubled by it.” — Patrick White Copy Share Image
My cousin is Johnny Nash, 'I Can See Clearly Now' Johnny Nash. So I know what to do just by watching what… — Scarface Copy Share Image
“Throughout our history, humanity has been plagued with questions, and also plagued with regular plagues. I don't know much about biology, so… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
Prayer cannot be a request made to a theistic deity to act in human history in a particular way. — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
Discussions without end have been devoted to the subject of peace, and the efforts to obtain a general and lasting peace have… — George C. Marshall Copy Share Image
When I came to America, I saw the inequality right away with the food industry. And I don't really talk about it… — Dominique Crenn Copy Share Image
“Israel worshipped a God who could grow angry, who changed his mind, a God involved in history, who cared so much about… — William C Placher Copy Share Image
The main duty of the historian of mathematics, as well as his fondest privilege, is to explain the humanity of mathematics, to… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
I, alas, must present myself somewhat ignominiously as a chef in a busy kitchen. Somewhere a novel is bubbling on a back… — Theodore White Copy Share Image
“More than one person has claimed that the whole history of Italy as a nation-state could be reconstructed through an account of… — Tim Parks Copy Share Image
“The 1950s is a key decade in the 20th Century. Each year has a distinctive flavour.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“It was in 1931 that the historian James Truslow Adams coined the phrase “the American dream.” The American dream is not just… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
Heroes and scholars represent the opposite extremes... The scholar struggles for the benefit of all humanity, sometimes to reduce physical effort, sometimes… — Santiago Ramon y Cajal Copy Share Image
Oh, Val," said Father. "All you have to do is live your life, and everyone around you will be happier." "No greatness,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Rivers run through our history and folklore, and link us as a people.... We are a nation rich in rivers. — Charles Kuralt Copy Share Image
