I remember, growing up as a kid, history class was very washed-over. They didn't really get into the gritty bits of slavery.… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
I devour history books. I love anything by Thomas B. Costain or George MacDonald Fraser. He writes magnificent history, and he also… — Virginia Henley Copy Share Image
“Imagine if people knew that this legendary brotherhood who, according to the history books, ceased to exist in the Middle Ages was… — John Paul Davis Copy Share Image
The mountain of history books under which we all stand leans so heavily in the other direction-so tremblingly respectful of states and… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“What is the purpose of history? It seeds only hate. All the history books should be burnt, so that we are no… — Claire North Copy Share Image
“It might very well be that literally every word in the history books, even the things that one accepted without question, was… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Coolidge was a pragmatist. He didn't start out with a tax theory. But he observed over time that lower tax rates sometimes… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
The rabbit's not like us. It has no history books, no photographs, no knowledge of sorrow or regret. I mean, I'm sorry,… — Donnie Darko Copy Share Image
But if we come back, if German men come back, if British men come back, and Japs, and French, and all the… — J. D. Salinger Copy Share Image
One of the most dangerous errors is that civilization is automatically bound to increase and spread. The lesson of history is the… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
White America has seen to it that Black history has been suppressed in schools and in American history books. The bravery of… — Huey Newton Copy Share Image
I'm always talking about how representation is such an important thing - it's not just a request, it's a requirement - it… — Bianca Belair 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
I'm an expert at killing time on planes now. I do a lot of reading. My secret sort of nerdy side is… — Jeremy Irvine 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
“In the year Ten Million, according to Koradubian, there would be a tremendous house-cleaning. All records relating to the period between the… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, honestly believed that he could reason with Adolf Hitler in good faith. Now,… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
“I see things in windows and I say to myself that I want them. I want them because I want to belong.… — Dave Matthes Copy Share Image
“...he never so much as looks at me. He just sits there reading his old history books, that really gets me. I… — Sophie Divry Copy Share Image
My heart goes out to victims and survivors of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy and to their families. This disaster will go down… — Ellen Tauscher Copy Share Image
I'm the last person who would end up doing something that needs meticulous compilation of facts. It's totally against my character. I… — Simon Sebag Montefiore 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
All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of… — Moliere Copy Share Image
Majors are difficult to win whether Tiger's there or not, and it's not like there will be an asterisk by the winner's… — Paul Casey Copy Share Image
I think it's despicable. I also think it's frightening that we seem to live through history over and over again. And I… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
The slave narratives, there is a wealth of research there, because you are hearing stories from the first person account, and that's… — Jurnee Smollett-Bell Copy Share Image
She died when I was 16 and I just think no history books, nothing is ever going to talk about my grandmother.… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
“Each Inspirational Messenger who was and has been acknowledged in the history books was done so because of the way they chose… — Emily Gowor Copy Share Image
It's funny, when you look back in history books or American cookery books, one of the reasons that the quinces and cranberries… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
“These secrets came down my own ornately curved and twisting family line. For family stories are never as direct as history books,… — Liz Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Pick up any history book, and I suggest you begin with studying the 20th century, and you will find that a large… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
You read about me in history books, but now I am dedicated to spreading the truth about preserving the dignity of all… — Norma McCorvey 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
I do lament how many investors focus on all the short-term sugar buzz of some marginal improvement in something - nothing history… — Steve Jurvetson 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
“It’s not in the history books because if people knew the truth they wouldn’t be able to go about their day to… — M.D. Bowden Copy Share Image
i keep drinking the ink from my pen and i'm balancing history books up on my head but it all boils down… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
In Russia, they have Rusalkis, and they have Selkies in Scotland, and in Fiji, you have a special mention of it. The… — Eline Powell 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
