“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
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
“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
You can read it in history books now, but they often suppress the fact that the U.S. government tolerated [Nazi]. It's really… — Noam Chomsky 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
I wish I could go back and take my name out of the history books so I would be a myth and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I just wanted to be the first one to fly for America, not because I'd end up in the pages of history… — Alan Shepard Copy Share Image
The history books will remember the Chinese doctors who sounded the alarm about COVID-19. — Erin O'Toole Copy Share Image
You couldn't always trust the history books. They told a diluted truth, a truth by committee. — Whoopi Goldberg Copy Share Image
Politicians against gay marriage now, are the future villains of our American History books. — Natalie Maines Copy Share Image
The greatest history book ever written is the one hidden in our DNA. — Spencer Wells Copy Share Image
We glorify those who left their names in history books at the expense of those contributors about whom our books are silent.… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
When it comes time to default, they’re not going to remember any of the Republicans’ names. They are going to remember in… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Culture survives in smaller spaces - not in the history books that erect monuments to the nation's grand history but in cafes… — Amitava Kumar Copy Share Image
The big stadiums, sold-out crowds and games with massive things riding on them; as players these are games you want to be… — Harry Wilson Copy Share Image
Any good history book is mainly just a long list of mistakes, complete with names and dates. It's very embarrassing. — A. Whitney Brown Copy Share Image
When I was in school, all our history books were American, so we learned American history, not Canadian history. — Dave Foley Copy Share Image
Many people talk about me entering the history books as the first female in 22 years and what a big moment it… — Susie Wolff Copy Share Image
“The first dog I ever had was called Prince. I called him after the Black Prince. You know, the fellow who...' 'Massacred… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
Why would I talk about the past when I got a bright future? What kind of money is the past gonna make… — Riff Raff Copy Share Image
I myself am convinced that the theory of evolution, especially to the extent to which it has been applied, will be one… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
People were, in good faith perhaps, writing history books about the Indian working class, Indian peasantry, et cetera, and at no point… — Vijay Prashad Copy Share Image
Oh, Val," said Father. "All you have to do is live your life, and everyone around you will be happier." "No greatness,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“I always tell people that if they want to know about the history of a country, do not go to the history… — Chenjerai Hove Copy Share Image
Empire in the past was always a far harsher and much more accident-prone business than conventional history books imply. And the costs… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
“Natalie sighed. “I don’t know,” she said. “I guess I mean, sometimes something happens. Something that nobody expected, and nobody could have… — Bella Forrest Copy Share Image
“Have I really been in a battle?” wondered Stendhal’s hero after many hours blundering around the field of Waterloo, and many people… — Kenneth Minogue Copy Share Image
“He said there are three kinds of history. The first is what really happened, and that is lost forever. The second is… — Michael Gruber Copy Share Image
My dark skin might not be satisfying for your preference, but it's the skin that my ancestors wore when they were working… — Brester Mishoe Copy Share Image
When the history books are written in a thousand years, when space travel would have become routine, the moment that humans first… — Helen Sharman Copy Share Image
I suppose I ought to think up some dramatic, quotable phrase for Public Information and the history books, but I'm damned if… — David Weber Copy Share Image
Writing fiction is very different to writing non-fiction. I love writing novels, but on history books, like my biographies of Stalin or… — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
I think basically what The American People is about is that we've been here from the very beginning, and that has never… — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
I truly believe that when the history books are written, our age will be remembered for three things: the war on terror,… — Bono Copy Share Image