“Immune to the blandishments of religions, countries, families, and whatever else that—with a smattering of emotive images and strains of maudlin music—can… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
It might be a good idea if the various countries of the world would occasionally swap history books, just to see what… — Bill Vaughan 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
Revolutions existed in history, books were written about them, and lectures given: they were complicated phenomena, scientific, remote. While here, the riot… — Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia Copy Share Image
“Tremble had a secret. Underneath his dreary exterior, he was quite interesting. When his penchant for investigating the area's past was indulged,… — Christopher Fowler 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
“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
But nothing is solid and permanent. Our lives are raised on the shakiest foundations. You don't need to read history books to… — Ron Rash Copy Share Image
Anyone can tell you that how you're raised as a child has a great deal to do with how you behave as… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
“We never learn anything, never in the world, and in spite of all the history books written. They’re just the way we… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
It's no mistake that Harriet Tubman is revisiting us, in different forms, right now, as we travel through a very contentious time… — Aisha Hinds Copy Share Image
When her name is mentioned in the opera history books we will recall that vibrant, soaring tone-that and the blinding, high-beam-headlight smile… — Donal Henahan 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
Most Native Americans will say happy thanksgiving. Its just a matter of time before slavery is no longer part of childrens history… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All the proliferating falsifications of what I and everyone I know experienced once in what it is now so convenient to call… — Lester Bangs 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
“maybe you can tell me what the history books got wrong." I nodded, speech centers of my brain overridden by the same… — Edward W. Robertson 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
Every drop of human blood contains a history book written in the language of our genes. — Spencer Wells Copy Share Image
Since the dawn of time every one will die, Let the history books note my death with loyalty at heart. — Wen Tianxiang 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
“The invariable question, asked only half-mockingly of reporters by editors at the Post (and then up the hierarchical line of editors) was… — Carl Bernstein Copy Share Image
“In past ages, a war, almost by definition, was something that sooner or later came to an end, usually in unmistakable victory… — George Orwell 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
