war with poison and chemicals was not so rare in the ancient world ... An astounding panoply of toxic substances, venomous creatures,… — Adrienne Mayor Copy Share Image
“The history of the human race is the history of human hatred. Even love cannot erase such intense hatred.” — Kei Ohishi Copy Share Image
The human species does not necessarily move in stages from progress to progress ... history and civilization do not advance in tandem.… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else -… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and… — William Stevenson Copy Share Image
“I’ve decided that’s what I must be—a protective spirit who has been cursed to watch over the most self-centered brats in history,… — Kristy Cunning Copy Share Image
Christians have had issues all throughout history with using their Christianity to defend and disguise immoral acts and viewpoints; doing what they… — Sashauni Aaeliyae Copy Share Image
We learn history not in order to know how to behave or how to succeed, but to know who we are. — Leszek Kolakowski Copy Share Image
“To assess the success of the Sistine, we must think in terms of its history, its prime architects, and its contemporary relevance.… — Benjamin Blech Copy Share Image
Historians will look back and say, 'Foreign policy in the Ford presidency was very much dominated by Kissinger, with a kind of… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
I've always been intrigued by the way history works, the way we decide what is mentioned. — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
If you read the life of great men and women who made important changes in history, there are two common features: One,… — Leymah Gbowee Copy Share Image
Nowhere else in history has there ever been a flag that stands for the right to burn itself. This is the fractal… — Ken Kesey Copy Share Image
I am trying to reach people who would not normally head for the history section of a book shop or a library… — Princess Michael of Kent Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, both my mom and my dad worked night shifts, so we would spend a lot of time… — Katie Hill Copy Share Image
Everything now, we must assume, is in our hands; we have no right to assume otherwise. If we do not falter in… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
We do not need a heavy theoretical thumb on the scales. What's important is how the traditional sources of law and legal… — Diane S. Sykes Copy Share Image
There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible that in any profane history. — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
If you talk about language in the Caribbean, you must relate it to history. — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
“If England had not used the services of privateers and pirates during its long struggle with Spain, there is some likelihood that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
History is a long and endlessly interesting argument, where evidence is everything and storytelling is everything else. — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
All the forms of civil polity have been tried by mankind, except one, and that seems to have been reserved in Providence… — Ezra Stiles Copy Share Image
“The historians criticized a tendency, as they phrased it, to too rapid generalization. Other people blamed my method; and those who complimented… — André Gide Copy Share Image
I got really frustrated in jail, and I was like, 'Man, I love what I've done, and I love the mark I've… — Tommy Lee Copy Share Image
The arenas are historic sites, preserved after the Games. Popular destinations for Capitol residents to visit, to vacation. Go for a month,… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
My basic notion regarding the matter of historical recognition is basically, it's a matter that should be left to the good hands… — Shinzo Abe Copy Share Image
History is rife with examples of governments taking actions to 'protect' their citizens from harm by controlling access to information and inhibiting… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
Good historians, I suspect, whether they think about it or not, have the future in their bones. Besides the question: Why? the… — Edward Hallett Carr Copy Share Image
I still remember my dismay in the summer of 2007 when - for the first time in the history of planet Earth… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
We need to learn from history. These same leaders - [Barack] Obama, [Hillary] Clinton, and far too many Republicans - want to… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
History is a novel that has been lived, a novel is history that could have been. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't blame younger generations for their lack of awareness. Americans in general are not interested in history. — Cleve Jones Copy Share Image
To me, Cary Grant is probably the most fashionable man in the history of Hollywood. The guy was just slick. He did… — Reid Scott Copy Share Image
“Nothing is more important to a nation than its history. It is the earth upon which any society stands.” — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
Parties on the back of Parties, at war with the world and with each other. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Steven Spielberg making a Ready Player One movie is going to change the course of human history as pertains to how quickly… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image