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
“The first dog I ever had was called Prince. I called him after the Black Prince. You know, the fellow who...' 'Massacred… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
The challenge for a writer looking at history is to figure out what is history and what is myth. After all, what… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
I voted Remain, but I also believe in democracy. The 2016 referendum was the largest popular vote in the U.K.'s history and… — Nicky Morgan Copy Share Image
Kids use words in ways that release hidden meanings, revel the history buried in sounds. They haven't forgotten that words can be… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
“The history that you are writing today will become the both the legacy of your yesterday as well as the template of… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Anita Bryant is an important figure in gay history because she enraged a generation of people who got active. — Gilbert Baker Copy Share Image
If the history of resistance to Darwinian thinking is a good measure, we can expect that long into the future, long after… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
“The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We… — Bob Moorehead Copy Share Image
Mining created Chile. The story of men who go down into the mountain and chip away at minerals in the darkness and… — Ariel Dorfman Copy Share Image
There's something very special about seeing history so clearly in front of you through that architecture that you just don't get in… — Charlie Cox Copy Share Image
I used to make demo tapes with cats that rocked with Russell Simmons and people like that. The history goes so far… — Gza Copy Share Image
Wise men read very sharply all your private history in your look and gait and behavior. The whole economy of nature is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Museums are managers of consciousness. They give us an interpretation of history, of how to view the world and locate ourselves in… — Hans Haacke Copy Share Image
“I would sum up the German character best by saying that they are the best of losers and the worst of winners.” — Edmund Ironside Copy Share Image
It's very important to me that I at least know the history of the music. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
Recognizing and confronting our history is important. Transcending our history is essential. We are not limited by what we have done, or… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“What lies ahead seems unlikely; when it becomes the past, it seems inevitable.” — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Historical fiction is not history. You're blending real events and actual historical personages with characters of your own creation. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“[T]he enduring problem for liberals, as for everyone else, is not whether history will judge them wise or foolish regarding the war… — George Packer Copy Share Image
“Climate change is the most fascinating scientific, political, and social puzzle in history.” — Gun Gun Febrianza Copy Share Image
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