“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
Many people have told me that once they learn of Madam Walker's accomplishments they are surprised, even embarrassed, that they have never… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
Think of Florence, Paris, London, New York. Nobody visiting them for the first time is a stranger because he's already visited them… — Alasdair Gray Copy Share Image
As an author of narrative history, I read a lot of history books. — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
“The people who live happily ever after - they don't appear in the history books. They just fade away. I reckon that's… — Sharyn McCrumb Copy Share Image
There were others, women with stories that were told in a quieter voice: women who hid Jewish children in their homes, putting… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
I want to go down in the history books as one of the greatest female boxers of all time, and I think… — Katie Taylor Copy Share Image
Basically all the art we know in history books, the business model for that art was not unit sales. It was patronage.… — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
Whites were the winners, blacks were the losers, we wrote the history books, and they didn't feature. — Phillip Noyce 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 am not one to generalize, but cartoonists, as a group, exhibit a level of social sophistication generally associated with pie fights.… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
“★ BOOK OF THE WEEK ★ SWITCHED FORTUNES John Rabe £7.99 Austin Macauley Making a change from the manuals and the marque… — John Rabe Copy Share Image
I am a simple girl. My clothes are not fancy, my intelligence is not noteworthy, my talents are not many, and my… — Bernajoy Vaal Copy Share Image
I read science books, chemistry books, history books. I read that stuff for fun. — Rick Harrison Copy Share Image
When we hear the word 'slavery,' it can be easy to dismiss it as a relic, a crime from the history books,… — Penny Mordaunt Copy Share Image
I fight for my name. For my dad's last name to be recognized in the history books of boxing. — Mikey Garcia Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager, I read the bible cover-to-cover, and I found the Old Testament, it's a pretty bloody history book. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
The problem is there are people in this country - maybe 10%, I don't know what the number, maybe 20% on a… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
“MEN AND WOMEN who did almost nothing for a large part of the year tend not to figure prominently in history books.… — Graham Robb Copy Share Image
“The most important events in every age never reach the history books.” — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Val," said Mother, "goodness trumps greatness any day." "Not in the history books," said Valentine. "Then the wrong people are writing history,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The fact is that we wouldn't have found out about Manzanar except in our story-telling because it was really never told in… — Tamlyn Tomita Copy Share Image
A friend of mine who writes history books said to me that he thought that the two creatures most to be pitied… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible when one… — Jean Anouilh Copy Share Image
