“All of the ills of mankind, all of the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books ...have arisen merely from a lack… — Molière Copy Share Image
I read daft history books. Sometimes the books I read are a bit crackers or strange. — Mark E. Smith Copy Share Image
As you grow older and young people come up to you with their history books, you realize that some of the things… — Jackie Joyner-Kersee 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
“For me to read a book is still And always will be quite a thrill. For me to read a book is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We all draw inspiration from women whose names make the headlines and whose stories are in the history books, but often our… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
“Through all the years of considered opinion and thoughtful contribution that offers to explain the human condition, we are yet to see… — Steve Carlsson Copy Share Image
I know that I'm already in the history books and that people are going to remember me as the prisoner of war… — Jessica Lynch 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
There are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history books. — Charlie Chaplin 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
“After all, there are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history books.” — Charles Chaplin Copy Share Image
“I am speaking of the evenings when the sun sets early, of the fathers under the streetlamps in the back streets returning… — Orhan Pamuk 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
“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
“The accounts of rape, wife beating, forced childbearing, medical butchering, sex-motivated murder, forced prostitution, physical mutilation, sadistic psychological abuse, and other commonplaces… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
“There’s never been a noble war except in the history books and propaganda movies. It’s a bloody, dirty, cruel, costly mistake in… — Harold G. Moore 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
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
“The history books say that life before the Revolution was completely different from what it is now. There was the most terrible… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I want to be a champion. I want to be a long-reigning featherweight champion. I want to be known in the history… — Max Holloway Copy Share Image
We talk about these legendary fighters, talk about how they had hundred-something fights, hundred-something victories... but when you look at the history… — Floyd Mayweather, Jr Copy Share Image
As long as there are history books, Neil Armstrong will be included in them, remembered for taking humankind’s first small step on… — Charles Bolden Copy Share Image
