Descriptive anatomy is to physiology what geography is to history, and just as it is not enough to know the typography of… — Claude Bernard Copy Share Image
“So it appears to me, for when he could and should have wielded his pen to praise the virtues of so good… — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
“Doctor Spielvogel, it alleviates nothing fixing the blame - blaming is still ailing, of course, of course - but nonetheless, what was… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
The problem that we have is that most Americans don't even study American history, let alone Pinochet, Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin and all… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
The first fact in the history of Christendom is a number of people who say they have seen the Resurrection. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Take a stand for what's right. Raise a ruckus and make a change. You may not always be popular, but you'll be… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
I think the rise of quantitative econometrics and a highly mathematical approach to risk management was the obverse of a decline in… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
“Any extrapolation of history into the future presupposes an environment of static discovery—an oxymoron.” — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
The symmetry and organization of history teaches us that mankind, during its existence and development, genuinely was and became an individual, a… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
History isn't just what happened, but what happened to whom and why and what would have been different if the cast of… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“Try to think of it as though we are rewriting history––the first time this experience occurred you and I never kissed in… — Ross Caligiuri Copy Share Image
History is a matter of interpretation, but you have to start with certain facts. — Peter Kuznick Copy Share Image
History is the heavy traffic that prevents us from crossing the road. We're not especially interested in what it consists of. We… — Mal Peet Copy Share Image
“Weapons cannot buy peace, but they can help us to not repeat history.” — A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Copy Share Image
Future lawyers should be more aware that law is not a system of abstract logic, but the web of arrangements, rooted in… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
Everyone's a singer now, thanks to karaoke, for better and for much worse. But the live band is now becoming ancient history… — Alan Bishop Copy Share Image
In the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the government called for an Internet 'unfettered by Federal or State regulation.' The result of that… — Ajit Pai Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of Ayrton Senna, but I didn't think he was bad when he lost. I was a true fan,… — Mauricio Rua Copy Share Image
We can today open wide the history of their administrations and point with pride to every act, and challenge the world to… — Robert Toombs Copy Share Image
History is nothing but gossip about the past, with the hope that it might be true. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
The whole history of pop music had rested on the first person singular, with occasional intrusions of the second person singular. — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
“Also, when you are young, you think you can predict the likely pains and bleaknesses that age might bring. You imagine yourself… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
We must not falsely teach American history in our schools. We have a law requiring state textbook oversight to guard against frauds… — Mitch Daniels Copy Share Image
If you gonna challenge my ways, know my history. Don't put nobody in my face that don't know about me, or they… — Raekwon Copy Share Image
