“We are caught in a secret history, in a forest of symbols.” — Maurice Merleau-Ponty Copy Share Image
History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
The biggest weapon of mass destruction in history is the AK-47, not Iranian nuclear weapons. — Guy Lawson Copy Share Image
History gives you insight of the same quality of truth as poetry or philosophy or a novel. — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
Political vitriol is a familiar enough characteristic of American history. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
“Location, location, location, the realtors say. Geography is destiny, respond the historians. War” — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“What evidence could possibly be put forward to show that one could have acted differently in the past?” — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to… — David Hume Copy Share Image
At times history and fate meet at a single time in a single place to shape a turning point in man's unending… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
It is not necessary to agree with the Arab point of view about their own history, but it is foolish to ignore… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
My scars show pain and suffering, but they also show my will to survive. They're part of my history that'll always be… — Cheryl Rainfield Copy Share Image
I believe this generation should know their history and they should know that the struggle's not over yet. — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
When you have a knowledge of history, it's very soothing. When there's continuity in your life, it's soothing. — Sandra Bernhard Copy Share Image
If children haven't been read to, they don't love books. They need to love books, for books are the basis of literature,… — Edith Schaeffer Copy Share Image
“. Despite the considerable horror they had felt when the SA men were bellowing crude anti-Semitic slogans, in retrospect the joke-tellers were… — Rudolph Herzog Copy Share Image
“Three important revolutions shaped the course of history: the Cognitive Revolution kick-started history about 70,000 years ago. The Agricultural Revolution sped it… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
I have killed, robbed and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace. They are medicine and I would… — Sitting Bull Copy Share Image
When people write the history of this thing, of bitcoin, they are not going to write the story of 6 million to… — Wences Casares Copy Share Image
“The historian, Toynbee, has said: “The Primitive Arabs who were the ruling element of the Umayyad Caliphate called themselves ‘the swarthy people’… — Aylmer Von Fleischer Copy Share Image
Of course, you've got to reckon with the burden of the past. You can't just easily dismiss it. It is a legacy… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Our generation may stand at a crucial breakpoint in history, for we in the presently affluent nations may be the last who… — Philip K. Chapman Copy Share Image
In recent years, our planet has been warming at an alarming rate and seen record-breaking temperatures. We are now witnessing the sixth… — Catherine Cortez-Masto Copy Share Image
Even the bands I dig don't have a history of attaining mass consumption. — Evan Dando Copy Share Image
The first step to get people interested in history is to wonder how things could have been different. — Gavriel David Rosenfeld Copy Share Image
The history of the world which is still taught to our children is essentially a series of race murders — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
History is the only laboratory we have in which to test the consequences of thought. — Etienne Gilson Copy Share Image
Yesterday was a history tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift that's why we call it as present — Samar Singh Copy Share Image
Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian. — Lee Simonson Copy Share Image
“History teaches us many things. Most importantly, the things that made us who and what we are.” — Robert Bonville Copy Share Image
I am privileged to be a citizen of the single greatest society in all of human history. — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The history and national interest of Rwanda and the Rwandan people dictate our national orientation. — Paul Kagame Copy Share Image
I liked natural history. I liked the outdoors. And I found the sea quite interesting. — Giles Deacon Copy Share Image
“The power of uncovering India’s biggest concealment is in your hands.” — Sambhav Ratnakar Copy Share Image
“It's easy t write a history. All the eyewitnesses are dead. - Ljupka Cvrtanova” — Ljupka Cvetanova Copy Share Image
There is no 20-year period in American history when stocks lost money. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake. —JAMES JOYCE” — Gordon G. Chang Copy Share Image
