History of science is a relay race, my painter friend. Copernicus took over his flag from Aristarchus, from Cicero, from Plutarch; and… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
There is a historic strain of dominion theology which says, taking its references from the Psalms, that man is made just a… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
“It happens, therefore, that readers of the book, or of any other book built about a central concept, fall into three mutually… — Cassius Jackson Keyser Copy Share Image
“These bits speak history's tattered tale. How we cling to scraps, shards, sea glass- because we cannot stay.” — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Protectionism is a very real danger. It is understandable that in times of a severe downturn protectionist pressures mount but the lessons… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
More people have more access to more readers for less money than ever before in history. It means a lot of dross;… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
“Suddenly all those individuals who yesterday felt that "we" meant only their families, their professions, or perhaps their communities, become men of… — Oswald Spengler Copy Share Image
“ [Mr. Bates comments on the description of Robespierre in History of the French Revolution by M. J. L. Adolphe Thiers] He… — Edward Bates Copy Share Image
The fall of Rome seemed unthinkable to people at the time but inevitable to historians reflecting upon it with the benefit of… — Mary Pilon Copy Share Image
“Too much of our history will seem to have taken place in the halls of capitols, where the accusers have mostly been… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Fortunately, we know more about the problems that we have than in all preceding history. We know now the consequences of the… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
“Homeschool history tells of more than two centuries of home-teaching influence on American education, although it has been largely obscured by the… — Raymond S. Moore Copy Share Image
I'm the ultimately responsible person in this organization. Other people can pass the buck to me, but I can't pass the buck… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
“history is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books—books… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Challenges of historic import threaten America's future. Action on the deficit, economy, energy, health care and much more is imperative, yet our… — Evan Bayh Copy Share Image
Don't assume you have to be extraordinary to be used by God. You don't have to have exceptional gifts, talents, abilities, or… — Nancy Leigh DeMoss Copy Share Image
I felt that the IRA, in the context of Irish history, and Sinn Fein were a legitimate force that had to be… — Peter T. King Copy Share Image
Barack Obama is an elegant and literate man with a cosmopolitan sense of the world. He is widely read in philosophy, literature,… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
I think a lot of times, the historical piece is often a way to comment on the present. — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
The chaste severity of the fathers in whatever related to the commerce of the two sexes flowed from the same principle --… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“One of history’s most useful tasks is to bring home to us how keenly, honestly and painfully, past generations pursued aims that… — John Carey Copy Share Image
The only real distinction at this dangerous moment in human history and cosmic development has nothing to do with medals and ribbons.… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
A bottomless pit of violence, a Tower of Babel where all are speakers and no hearers. — Alexander Smith Copy Share Image
Never in the history of the United States have we cut back on troops when we've been at war. — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
“History is no longer as it was for the Greeks, an anamnesis, a remembrance. It is rather a thrust into the future.” — Gustavo Gutiérrez Copy Share Image
“A history of nightlife!--what an interesting concept. A history of a people, told not through their daily travails and successive political upheavals,… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
The longer a nation's history, the more wars, invasions, wanderings, and periods of captivity it has seen-the greater the diversity of its… — Vasily Grossman Copy Share Image
Without a doubt my reference point is Dani Alves. I've been an admirer of his ever since I started playing football. I've… — Joao Cancelo Copy Share Image
“The rules of this house are written in water. I must either sink or swim.” — Jessie Burton Copy Share Image
It would seem that in history it's never a tooth for a tooth, but a thousand, a hundred thousand for one. — Sybille Bedford Copy Share Image
The complicated, ambiguous milieu of human contact is being replaced with simple, scalable equations. We maintain thousands more friends than any human… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
Recorded history is largely an account of the crimes and disasters committed by banal little men at the levers of imperial machines. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“The history of colonization, imperialism is a record of betrayal, of lies, and deceits. The demand for that which is real is… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Whether or not birth control is eugenic, hygienic, and economic, it is the most revolutionary practice in the history of sexual morals. — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
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