I have to tell you, when I hear the song 'Jiya ho Bihar ke Lala,' I want to throw the history books… — Amitava Kumar Copy Share Image
“History books are filled with lies. Whoever wins the war tells the story.” — Stephanie Perkins Copy Share Image
I love to read history books, which is where I get my ideas. I also read historical romance for pleasure. — Virginia Henley Copy Share Image
I want to etch my name into the history books myself, both at club and international level. — Isco Copy Share Image
Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible when one… — Jean Anouilh Copy Share Image
History is written by winners, so most history books are about people who win. — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
I knew always that Holland gave away the most Jews of all the countries. We are not the heroes that are in… — Carice van Houten Copy Share Image
“Look for us in history books and you’ll find us in the margins. Look for us in legends, and you might just… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
Solyndra will be remembered in the history books as a sad hallmark of a newly installed administration that felt it was above… — Fred Upton Copy Share Image
I'm creatively driven to create a body of work. I was made to put on this Earth to wrestle and perform. Create… — Marty Scurll 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
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
Unless we change our ways and our direction, our greatness as a nation will soon be a footnote in the history books,… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
It's in the history books, the Holocaust. It's just a phrase. And the truth is it happened yesterday. It happened to my… — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
I am delighted to be joining Paris Saint-Germain, a club where so many Brazilians have played and helped write the club's history.… — Marquinhos 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
“I also need you to "spread the word," quietly, that if any harm should come to Antanasia during my imprisonment, I will… — Beth Fantaskey Copy Share Image
Tomorrow is Now... If we act, 2015 can be a year for the history books. It can be the year that we… — Kathy Calvin 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
They don't really focus on that history here in America. I remember growing up as a kid, history class was very washed-over.… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
“According to the history books, the decisive battle that ended the Ankh-Morpork Civil War was fought between two handfuls of bone-weary men… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
In 1965, when I was fourteen, I read my first adult novel; it was a historical novel about Katherine of Aragon, and… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
I'm not the creative one. I know that. If Rory Storm hadn't come along... and then The Beatles... I would have continued… — Ringo Starr 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
“Don't exist. Live. Get out, explore. Thrive. Challenge authority. Challenge yourself. Evolve. Change forever. Become who you say you always will. Keep… — Brian Krans 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
“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
“...the name of the baby girl, the names of her parents and godparents, the date and hour of her birth, the street… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
“★ BOOK OF THE WEEK ★ SWITCHED FORTUNES John Rabe £7.99 Austin Macauley Making a change from the manuals and the marque… — John Rabe Copy Share Image
“We tend to hear much more about the splendors returned than the ships that brought them or the shipwrights. It has always… — Carl Sagan 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
Whoever thinks war allows for lasting victories should take a look at European history books and learn their lesson. — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
“...in my wildest, most indulgent dreams, we only hear about sexual assault & abuse in history books.” — Lisa Factora-Borchers 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
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
I much prefer writing fiction. History books, for me, are very hard work, very serious. — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
When I was a little boy in Worcestershire reading history books I never thought I should have to interfere between a king… — Stanley Baldwin 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
“blatant, intentional discrimination against women is far from being something merely to be read about in history books.” — Cordelia Fine Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager, I read the bible cover-to-cover, and I found the Old Testament, it's a pretty bloody history book. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
