“The contents of someone's bookcase are part of his history, like and ancestral portrait.” — Anatole Broyard Copy Share Image
We could have saved sixpence. We could have saved fivepence. But at what cost? — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
“Any one of us could be made to look a monster, with selective readings of our history.” — Abigail Haas Copy Share Image
Sometimes history knocks at the most ordinary door to see if anyone is home. Sometimes someone is. — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
History has shown us that the past lives too long, and the future dies too young. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For us to be the team that got him that historic 10th championship is special for us. — Kobe Bryant Copy Share Image
“Mankind, as history tells us over and over again, seeks the least painful solution and, as a result, ends up exchanging one… — Gyan Nagpal Copy Share Image
When the real history of the world is written, it will show god’s dealings with men, and the place the gospel has… — Bruce R. McConkie Copy Share Image
That is a Medieval way of drawing history, in which they do not respect the law and want the rest of the… — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
There has always been the same amount of light in the world. The new and missing stars, the comets and eclipses, do… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
If history is a guide, a victory for Obama means he faces the prospect of a second term dogged by scandal or… — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
The Allman Brothers Band has a long, storied history and I wouldn't count them out. It's just not in the cards for… — Derek Trucks Copy Share Image
“Among all the world's large creatures, the only survivors of the human flood will be humans themselves, and the farmyard animals that… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“History remembers only the names of the conquerors. There are no pages devoted to the scruples of the losers.” — Manjul Bajaj Copy Share Image
I do think that how certain individuals gained notoriety in life and permanent historic places in death tells us a lot about… — Jeff Guinn Copy Share Image
When I was deciding whether or not to take the job at Celine, I didn't really look at the history of the… — Phoebe Philo Copy Share Image
A lot of the questions raised about television's power and influence on events have applied throughout history to every mass-communications medium -… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Consider this oddly neglected fact: the West was acquired, conquested, and largely consolidated into the nation coincident with the greatest breakthrough in… — Elliott West Copy Share Image
“Obsidian rests around your neck as if you are carrying the history of every night sky in one stone Smile young girl… — Alessia Di Cesare Copy Share Image
“Historically, all ethics undoubtedly begin with religion; but I do not now deal with historical questions. I do not ask who was… — Karl R. Popper Copy Share Image
Jade, I can't see you anymore. I could't speak. I started to breathe heavily. He stepped closer. This is goodbye I guess.… — Jade Copy Share Image
“we live so loudly that if our lives / become history it will be written in bold” — Reese Lieberman Copy Share Image
We are in a world of irredeemable paper money - a state of affairs unprecedented in history. — John Exter Copy Share Image
“Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” — Chinua Achebe (Author Copy Share Image
“The colonizer writes the history, winning twice: A theft of land. A theft of witness.” — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
We dare not forget, lest we become a nation that does not only not know its roots but where it’s going — Mzwakhe Mbuli Copy Share Image
History teaches us that the capacity for things to get worse is limitless. — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
History rewards those who can change their minds when the stakes are high. — Andy Dunn Copy Share Image
The idea that women were oppressed throughout history is an appalling theory. — Jordan Peterson Copy Share Image
In the history of art there are periods when bread seems so beautiful that it nearly gets into museums. — Janet Flanner Copy Share Image
I think that often in the United States we're very blind to the ways that history lives in the present. — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
There's nothing that can prepare you for fame and for the music business at any point in history. — Terry Bozzio Copy Share Image
The media claimed to be non-partisan, centrist. It's not been that way for a lot of history. — William Kristol Copy Share Image
