Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
The important thing to understand about American history, wrote Mr. Ibis, in his leather-bound journal, is that it is fictional, a charcoal-sketched… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Daddy loved our country, he loved our history. He was always talking about American history and telling us stories from American history,… — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
I've said many times that I'm not one of those people who check statistics, follows history, and says, 'If I do this,… — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Copy Share Image
“Rough palms cradled my face while my fingers gripped the pillow on either side of his. Lips, teeth, tongue, mingled together. I… — Priya Ardis Copy Share Image
I feel like 45. I don't look bad for someone my age, with my history of illnesses and operations and all those… — Elizabeth Taylor Copy Share Image
“I did not understand, taking those pictures, that history must be collected while the subject exists. If not, what goes unrecorded can… — Susanna Daniel Copy Share Image
Do you not see how strange and wonderful that is? That all history balances on an affair of the human heart? — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
I enjoy racing historic motorcars from the '50s and '60s. The seed of my interest was planted when I was about 12… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in gothic storytelling or the horrific for its own sake. I'm always interested in it as a way of… — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
“A map may become outdated when a newer version comes out, but the old one is never useless. With time a map… — Robert L. Mooers Jr Copy Share Image
The 'black armband' view of our history reflects a belief that most Australian history since 1788 has been little more than a… — John Howard Copy Share Image
“Wallingford, six miles above Streatley, is a very ancient town, and has been an active centre for the making of English history. … — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
We attempted to try to solve every problem in the world, out of a sense of moral obligations, and attitudes, and our… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Wouldn't the worst be, isn't the worst, in truth, that women aren't castrated, that they have only to stop listening to the… — Helene Cixous Copy Share Image
Throughout human history, some of our most influential inventors, entrepreneurs, and leaders have had disabilities. For example, Bill Gates, Sir Richard Branson,… — Cathy McMorris Rodgers Copy Share Image
My mum and dad teach, and all my brothers and sisters have been in 'Riverdance' and so forth. So I was forced… — Sean Maguire Copy Share Image
Regardless of what you feel about Obama and his politics - screw all that. The fact of the matter is, he was… — Ed Dwight Copy Share Image
How strangely is antiquity treated! To answer some purposes it is spoken of as the times of darkness and ignorance, and to… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Every great crisis of human history is a pass of Thermopylae, and there is always a Leonidas and his three hundred to… — George William Curtis Copy Share Image
In one generation of silent neglect, we have allowed the revisionists of our history to rewrite our past and deny that we… — Rick Scarborough Copy Share Image
Historians will likely give Obama credit for steering the country away from the brink of economic collapse in 2009. — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
History is made by masses of people. One man, or ten men, don't start the earthquakes and don't stop them either. Only… — Lillian Hellman Copy Share Image
The special-counsel regulations were drafted at a unique historical moment. We were approaching the end of President Bill Clinton's second term, and… — Neal Katyal Copy Share Image
Science is taught like the history of science, and it's boring. Doing science fair, anything that's project-based learning, that involves field trips,… — Megan Smith Copy Share Image
The great themes of Canadian history are as follows: Keeping the Americans out, keeping the French in, and trying to get the… — Will Ferguson Copy Share Image
“Duty. Honor. He yearns to write his name large across the book of history, to get away from his wife, or both.… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
I spent six years at United and I owe them everything that I am today. I made history at United and won… — Cristiano Ronaldo Copy Share Image
We stand at a moment in history without precedent. Decisions that are ours to make over the next ten years will have… — Eban Goodstein Copy Share Image
I'm really a worker and about rolling up my sleeves and doing the work. If that lands me a place in history,… — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
“History is written by the victors, which is certainly true, but it's also written by the wealthy and the literate.” — Megan Smolenyak Copy Share Image
I believe that history is not made by cynics; it is made by realists who are not afraid to dream. Let us… — Tzipi Livni Copy Share Image
It was at Juilliard that I realized that being a singer encompasses so many things that I am interested in. Literature, languages,… — Susanna Phillips Copy Share Image
The greatest historian should also be a great moralist. It is no proof of impartiality to treat wickedness and goodness on the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It can be very hard to know the history of a particular star, but once in a while, we get lucky and… — Debra Fischer Copy Share Image
Our childhood had passed over into history overnight. The transition was unnoticed by anyone but ourselves. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“JFK's great virtue, and the essential difference between him and George W. Bush, was that he had an instinctive appreciation for the… — Michael Dobbs Copy Share Image
Until 'Lovecraft Country' feels like a show where people go, 'Is that how the world used to be?' we do need to… — Wunmi Mosaku Copy Share Image
A day like today is not a day for soundbites, really. But I feel the hand of history upon our shoulders. I… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
I think history is collective memories. In writing, I'm using my own memory, and I'm using my collective memory. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
