“I’m not writing a book of Western history,' I tell him. 'I’ve written enough history books to know this isn’t one. I’m… — Wallace Stegner 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
I came back to this idea of telling the stories of women who aren't in all of the history books. Their names… — Anita Sarkeesian Copy Share Image
There's a lot we should be able to learn from history. And yet history proves that we never do. In fact, the… — A. Whitney Brown 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
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
“I said you weren’t inconsequential. No one is. We change at least one person’s life just by being born. If you don’t… — Samantha Sotto Copy Share Image
“What Sidda did not know was how much more singing there was when Vivi was growing up. That's the kind of thing… — Rebecca Wells Copy Share Image
“Our life is like a journey…’ – and so the journey seems to me less an adventure and a foray into unusual… — Annemarie Schwarzenbach Copy Share Image
If you're starting to lose your faith in the general intelligence of the American populous, there's nothing like them mistaking pop culture… — Ben Feldman Copy Share Image
“That was my story. Or at least the way I remember it. What happened to those characters and the places that had… — María Dueñas 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
“We're all just moments and most of us don't matter. We study less than one percent of all humanity in our history… — Emily Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
Herman Cain was unaware that China is a nuclear power. And I said to myself, 'Hey, Herman, how about making an unwanted… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
Nobody gives a damn about the Merrimac. You know how it is. Winners write the history books. — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
When kids don't learn about their own heritage in school, they just don't care about school... But you won't see it in… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
Be lord of a day, through wisdom and justice, and you can put up your history books. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“For many years in Cuba, nobody spoke of the problem between blacks and whites. It was considered too disagreeable to discuss. But… — Cristina García Copy Share Image
The Holocaust happened in Europe, and that's important to how it is viewed. Had Europeans done such a thing in the far… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
“People like these have done more to relieve human misery than any prophet with a manifesto ever will. They number in the… — Kage Baker Copy Share Image
Fortunately, I come from an activist mother, so I didn't have to rely on the history books. The history books teach us… — Jurnee Smollett Copy Share Image
“I wonder how difficult it would be to just make a list of all the top blood purists and kill them. They'd… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
