Man generally is entangled in insoluble problems; history is consequently a tragedy in which we are all involved, whose keynote is anxiety… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
I've always read a lot of historical books and I'm a big fan of documentaries, and I've always thought of ways to… — Shawn Ryan Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton was the worst Secretary of State in the history of the country. The world came apart under her reign as… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Ignorance and arrogance are a lethal combination. Nowhere do we see that more clearly among writers and performers who pontificate as historians… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
History is made and preserved by and for particular classes of people. A camera in some hands can preserve an alternate history. — David Wojnarowicz Copy Share Image
It's been argued that of all the animals humans have domesticated, the horse is the most important to our history. For thousands… — Elton Gallegly Copy Share Image
I can see that you are a true historian because you really always ought to ask that question about anybody at a… — Donald Kagan Copy Share Image
“It’s hard to say this without being judged a cynic, but from a business standpoint, it was kind of incredible how effective… — Shayne Silvers Copy Share Image
The Internet was supposed to be the greatest tool of global communications and means of sharing knowledge in human history. And it… — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
“we're looking for a planeet on the strength of a song. it's crazy I know, but its the only chance we have… — Janet Kagan Copy Share Image
Oftentimes, a history book in school will talk about the Underground Railroad as if it's one sentence. But thousands of people decided… — Jurnee Smollett-Bell Copy Share Image
History shows that all protest movements rely on symbols - boycotts, strikes, sit-ins, flags, songs. Symbolic action on whatever scale - from… — Hugh Evans Copy Share Image
Black History is enjoying the life of our ancestors who paved the way for every African-American. No matter what color you are,… — Bernice Mosby Copy Share Image
“The history of thought - or of reason - is like this river. The thoughts that are washed along with the current… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
Tendulkar can now rightly lay claim to the title of being the greatest batsman in cricket history. And if some people argue… — Rashid Latif Copy Share Image
Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to… — Banksy Copy Share Image
History, after all, is a process, not a position, and it is not best written in bronze and marble. It is complex,… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
“We've never heard About a marvel quite so great, For all the heroes who have lived In history can't measure up In… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
Havana, for all its smells, sweat, crumbling walls, isolation, and difficult history, is the most romantic city in the world. — Mark Kurlansky Copy Share Image
If the history of science teaches us anything, it is that what conquers our ignorance is research, not giving up and attributing… — Jerry A. Coyne Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the world continues, history continues to produce tragedies. And it is very important that they be documented in a humane way,… — James Nachtwey Copy Share Image
Since Sabu was the first guy that I was in the ring with professionally, we have the longest history in my career,… — Rob Van Dam Copy Share Image
“It is, as we know, the victors who write the history, especially when only the victors know how to write.” — Neil MacGregor Copy Share Image
If I were an antiquarian, I would have eyes only for old stuff, but I am a historian. Therefore, I love life. — Henri Pirenne Copy Share Image
It is almost inconceivable that citizens of that time were willing to support so bloody a war, by putting so high a… — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
I really like to look like a history book. I can look 1940s, I can look 1970s hippie-chic, or sometimes I'll pull… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
I feel slightly uneasy at the way historians are consulted as if history is going to repeat itself. It never does. — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
By the numbers, by all the official records, here at the confluence of history, of racism, of poverty, and economic power, this… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to say that we're facing or looking at a likely repeat of history. It would be great if we… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I studied history at university, so I'm always quite fascinated by the Second World War and France. That's one of my interests. — Ruth Wilson Copy Share Image
“What’s past is prologue. William Shakespeare, The Tempest Don’t bother me with all that history crap. It just gets in the way… — Anthony Grey Copy Share Image
Science fiction is about extrapolation, looking back through history, spotting a trend, and predicting where it will go. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
I'm of the glamorous ladies At whose beckoning history shook. But you are a man, and see only my pan, So I… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
No self-respecting country - especially one with our clout and proud history - should sign up to a proposal that surrenders the… — Priti Patel Copy Share Image
Individuals who are really inspirational are always what changes history. Gandhi had a bunch of good ideas, and he led a non… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
To be modern is not a fashion, it is a state. It is necessary to understand history, and he who understands history… — Le Corbusier Copy Share Image
The theatre, for all its artifices, depicts life in a sense more truly than history, because the medium has a kindred movement… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
In most of history, societies have not been free. It's a very rare society that is free. The default condition of human… — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
