I had a long writing history behind me before I got into anything in film. It comprehended science fiction, it comprehended historical,… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages. — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Democracy is difficult and demanding. So is history. It can crack your voice; it can stir your soul; it can break your… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
If you check back through human history, you will find that three things, more than any others, have produced social transformation: violence,… — C. Wagner Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter what happens to you. What matters is, what are you going to do about it? Are you going to… — Robert Tew Copy Share Image
It is clear that every civilization undergoes a process of historical change. We can see that a civilization comes into existence, passes… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
Throughout our history, our fight for survival and freedom has been empowered by a secret weapon: Our unity. — Benny Gantz Copy Share Image
“The man that I named The Giver passed along to the boy knowledge, history, memories, color, pain, laughter, love, and truth. Every… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
Someone once said that history has more imagination than all the scenario writers in the Pentagon, and we have a lot of… — Paul Wolfowitz Copy Share Image
Mr Edison gave America just what was needed at that moment in history. They say that when people think of me, they… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
The more you look back into English history, the more you are forced to the conclusion that alongside civility and the deeply… — Anna Pavlova Copy Share Image
The characteristic danger of great nations, like the Romans or the English which have a long history of continuous creation, is that… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
I have written and said countless times it is not what happens to you in life that makes a difference! It is… — Dan Pena Copy Share Image
For it is in the millions of small melodies that the truth of history is always found, for history only matters because… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I think when somebody goes to the movies and they spend their money and they take the girl out, the family, they… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
“At no time in the history of man has the world been so full of pain and anguish. Here and there, however,… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
In the Bible, we have the facts and history of man's redemption. Incidentally or essentially, other worlds and other beings are brought… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
Everyone should have a life coach. We learn history, maths, and science at school, but we don't have the tools to understand… — Ashley Roberts Copy Share Image
A nation does not create the historians it deserves; the historians are far more likely to create the nation. — C. V. Wedgwood Copy Share Image
The geologist takes up the history of the earth at the point where the archaeologist leaves it, and carries it further back… — Bal Gangadhar Tilak Copy Share Image
It's all a matter of history. Brandy is no solace. Librium only lies me down like a dead snow queen. Yes! I… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
Now, a 45-degree angle is not something we deal with in finance. It's something you see in a high school geometry class.… — Harry Markopolos Copy Share Image
“What if I can't turn my head? I can look in any direction by turning my wheelchair, and I choose to look… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
I think people are uncomfortable talking about the racist history of this country and what we need to do to undo the… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
“History is dead until we make it live; but it is the lively interpretation of history that makes it interesting.” — Robert J. Devaux Copy Share Image
I was bused to a school in Gerritsen Beach in Brooklyn in 1972. I was one of the first black kids in… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
Manchester United and Liverpool were the teams I watched quite a lot in England. They were the two that I'm a little… — Timo Werner Copy Share Image
“History permits us to be responsible: not for everything, but for something... History gives us the company of those who have done… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
The future art historians are going to be software guys who are going to go into the depths of the code to… — Bill Viola Copy Share Image
Basically, I was always very interested in comedy, but I was much more sort of academic. And then, after college, loaded with… — Jessi Klein Copy Share Image
I kind of have an interest in all history. And I suspect it comes from being Irish - we like stories, we… — Colm Meaney Copy Share Image
Hillary has already gotten a record $8 million advance from Simon & Schuster for the book -- reportedly the most anyone has… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Peaceful protest is a hallmark of our democracy. It has been in impetus for social change throughout our history. — Stan Van Gundy Copy Share Image
“History shapes the lives of all men, women and children ... sometimes unraveling humanity into an undesired mess.” — Lynda I Fisher Copy Share Image
Each brain is exposed to different circumstances. It's very likely that your brain is unique in the history of the universe. — Gerald Edelman Copy Share Image
“Why should we look to the past in order to prepare for the future? Because there is nowhere else to look.” — James Burke Copy Share Image
I studied Russian history at school, and I absolutely loved St Petersburg. It was magnificent - the architecture is incredible and has… — Tony Hadley Copy Share Image
Black History Month is fine, but we need more months of the year to celebrate all the people on this earth. After… — Ruby Dee Copy Share Image
Anita Bryant is an important figure in gay history because she enraged a generation of people who got active. — Gilbert Baker Copy Share Image
“Canceled checks will be to future historians and cultural anthropologists what the Dead Sea Scrolls and hieroglyphics are to us.” — Brent Staples Copy Share Image
