“That was the nature of history, of course: notional, partial, unknowable, a record made by the victors.” — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
What finally scuppered Napoleon's Europe was of course the fatal combination of the English Channel and the Russian winter; the same unlikely… — Andrew Roberts Copy Share Image
“Many people read History books but it takes just a few people to LEAD the cause that will shape the course of… — Fela Durotoye Copy Share Image
“Aren't you two ever going to read Hogwarts, A History?" "What's the point?" said Ron. "You know it by heart, we can… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Yet enthusiasm is no excuse for the historian going off balance. He should remind the reader that outcomes were neither inevitable nor… — Samuel E. Morison Copy Share Image
If things continue like this, the history of our age may one day be written under a caliphate's supervision . — David Selbourne Copy Share Image
I've been in the director's chair for 'Battlestar Galactica' since its first season. I directed the only comedy that's ever been done… — Edward James Olmos Copy Share Image
“doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Because the whole world loves to tell us what we can’t do, that we aren’t good enough. The people in your own… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
Succinct, thorough, and masterfully researched-Thomas Medvetz has written a subtle and timely history of these fixtures of public debate in the United… — Charles Lemert Copy Share Image
“It is one of the strangest of historical paradoxes that the King James Bible, whose whole purpose had been nation-building in the… — Adam Nicolson Copy Share Image
“That “these people” were ourselves, that this insistence on mistrust of others—that people who looked so very much like each other, who… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
In 'Mad Men,' we watch a group of people who live in a prosperous society that offers happiness and order like never… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
I believe that communism is another sad, bizarre chapter in human history whose last pages even now are being written. I believe… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The EU Constitution is something new in human history. Though it is not as eloquent as the French and U.S. constitutions, it… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
In the history of this country [USA], the reason we have never developed a social democratic base, the way they have in… — Joan Walsh Anglund Copy Share Image
Black History Month is when our nation comes together to reflect on the Black community's immense contributions to our country's storied history. — Byron Donalds Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, what is happening now in our central regions is evidence of this global climate change, because we have never in our… — Dmitry Medvedev Copy Share Image
For the first time in history, we declared war without financing it. Americans have not been asked to pay for it through… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Only free time, imagination, creativity, and an ability to disappear will help you deliver value that nobody ever delivered before in the… — James Altucher Copy Share Image
On the basis of my historical experience, I fully believe that mathematics of the 25th century will be as different from that… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
There are secret articles in our treaties with the gods, of more importance than all the rest, which the historian can never… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
My dad read history, about a book a day, but only after he retired as a successful bank and insurance man. — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
The erotic and the art historical imagination is something that gets very little play when people talk about my work, and when… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
With a rich history, a world-class interdisciplinary program, and a vibrant student experience, I can't think of a better location to continue… — Valerie Jarrett Copy Share Image
I can't imagine anybody who has spoken to more, or presented more non-famous people on television in the history of the world. — Jerry Springer Copy Share Image
History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens… — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
“The economic revolution of 1870 to 1970 was unique in human history, unrepeatable because so many of its achievements could happen only once.” — Robert J. Gordon Copy Share Image
The zionist argument to justify Israel's present occupation of Arab Palestine has no intelligent or legal basis in history. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The history of Brazil goes from Pele to Garrincha, Didi, Tostao, Gerson, then to all of us who followed them. — Zico Copy Share Image
“history does not tolerate a vacuum. If incidences of famine, plague and war are decreasing, something is bound to take their place… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
The heart of Christianity is a myth which is also a fact. The old myth of the Dying God, without ceasing to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Take advantage of every opportunity; where there is none, make it for yourself, and let history record that as we toiled laboriously… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
If you consider the great journalists in history, you don't see too many objective journalists on that list. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Those who cannot remember the pastare condemned to repeat it. or: Those who have never heard of good system development practice are… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Throughout history, human exploitation of the earth has produced this progression: colonize-destroy-move on. — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Your resolve is unquestionable. Your character undeniable. Your history unparalleled. You've inspired us, all the way. You will again today. — Donnie Wahlberg Copy Share Image
In the old legend the wise men finally boiled down the history of mortal affairs into a single phrase: 'This too will… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
I'm a child of immigrants. That is the history of this country. Immigration is good and important for our country. Legal immigration… — John Barrasso Copy Share Image