As an author of narrative history, I read a lot of history books. — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
“You can believe history books when they tell you when wars were fought. You just can’t trust them as to why.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
In history books, luck is always underplayed and the talent of individuals is usually overplayed. — Dominic Cummings Copy Share Image
“Many people read History books but it takes just a few people to LEAD the cause that will shape the course of… — Fela Durotoye Copy Share Image
People come from all over the world to see this little place they've seen in movies and read about in history books:… — Marc Almond Copy Share Image
“The most important events in every age never reach the history books.” — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Every drop of human blood contains a history book written in the language of our genes. — Spencer Wells Copy Share Image
Sir Alex Ferguson already has his place in the history books; he is definitely one of the best coaches ever. — Massimiliano Allegri Copy Share Image
If I don't tell it all now, the story in the history books will always be imperfect and that would be wrong. — Christine Keeler Copy Share Image
Being president means leaving one's name in the history book of which few men are authors. It is my fortune to be… — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
On this International Day for the Abolition of Slavery let us reaffirm the inherent dignity of all men, women and children. And… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
I had these fashion history books that I really enjoyed looking at. I liked costumes and used to wear them to school… — Robert Eggers Copy Share Image
“The bookcase was filled with computer games, history books, and sci-fi novels in about equal proportions. Odd reading choices, maybe, but I… — Mike Mullin Copy Share Image
I'm creatively driven to create a body of work. I was made to put on this Earth to wrestle and perform. Create… — Marty Scurll Copy Share Image
Those with a gift for action, for their part, often express contempt for those whose gifts are more reflective. Men of action… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
Winning and making history is something you can't buy. Me? I'm a guy who loves history. When I'm 60 or 70, I… — LaMarr Woodley Copy Share Image
In a certain way, novelists become unacknowledged historians, because we talk about small, tiny, little anonymous moments that won't necessarily make it… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
“Please don't grow up to be one of those men who lie for the sport of it, and most men do. That's… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
I'm not the creative one. I know that. If Rory Storm hadn't come along... and then The Beatles... I would have continued… — Ringo Starr Copy Share Image
“According to the history books, the decisive battle that ended the Ankh-Morpork Civil War was fought between two handfuls of bone-weary men… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
They don't really focus on that history here in America. I remember growing up as a kid, history class was very washed-over.… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of books in the world--the boring kind they make you read in school and the interesting kind that… — LouAnne Johnson Copy Share Image
I only know two cats in this business that really had it all; Elvis was one of those guys, the other was… — Carl Perkins Copy Share Image
All my life, I never believed most things I read in history books and a lot of things I learned in school.… — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
“Until the late modern era, more than 90 per cent of humans were peasants who rose each morning to till the land… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“You're mine now, Harry thought at the walls of Diagon Alley, and all the shops and items, and all the shopkeepers and… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
Some people think that evolutionary psychology claims to have discovered that human nature is selfish and wicked. But they are flattering the… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“Something clicked inside Ortez mind, like the bolt of a door latch being released. Man’s first encounter with sentient alien life was… — Christina Engela Copy Share Image
“I hadn’t gone to Andover, or Horace Mann or Eton. My high school had been the average kind, and I’d been the… — Diana Peterfreund Copy Share Image
“Until I was ten, I had a very clear image of God; ravaged with age and draped in white scarves, God had… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“A history of the working class in the United States should, first of all, give a sense of what is meant by… — Paul Le Blanc Copy Share Image
“...the name of the baby girl, the names of her parents and godparents, the date and hour of her birth, the street… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
“The stress of farming had far-reaching consequences. It was the foundation of large-scale political and social systems. Sadly, the diligent peasants almost… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
