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
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
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
“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
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
“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
He thought that in the history of the world it might even be that there was more punishment than crime but he… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
If you enter a sport, you'd rather reflect on competing against people who are considered the best in history, rather than having… — David Coulthard Copy Share Image
I was willing to accept a bad reputation if I deserved it, but it was going to be based on my actions,… — Casey Wasserman Copy Share Image
At first I didnt give a damn to go down in history. I wanted to win. But the more I won, the… — Lennox Lewis Copy Share Image
Those who have had the most impact and influence throughout history and certainly the people who've had the most impact and influence… — Brooke Fraser Copy Share Image
In Britain, British history is naturally a mainstream subject. Step outside your own narrow specialism, and you can find yourself treading on… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
The nineteenth century is a turning point in history, simply on account of the work of two men, Darwin and Renan, the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The period of Catholic ascendancy was on the whole one of the most deplorable in the history of the human mind. .… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky Copy Share Image
The ACLU is an organization with a long and distinguished history of fighting to protect freedom of speech. On the other hand,… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
Cockburn's personal history links him to the politics of the Communist Party, and there are still moments in his writing - debating… — Alexander Cockburn Copy Share Image
“Maps of the world are whitewashed, history of the world is whitewashed, ethics of the world are whitewashed, knowledge of the world… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Theatre is not supposed to represent psychology but passions, which is totally different. Its role is to represent the soul's different emotional… — Ariane Mnouchkine Copy Share Image
Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history - revisionist historians is what I like to call them. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“It is reasonable to conclude that if the resurrection took place Jesus Christ is by far the most important person in history.” — Steve Kumar Copy Share Image
I think my history as a coach shows I like players who are gifted technically and have courage when it comes to… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
It is not, nor will it ever be, white people's responsibility to teach black children our unique American history. — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
There is a widespread difficulty in the Muslim world, which has to do with how the people are taught about examining their… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The shutdown may have temporarily sidetracked the Republicans, yet Obamacare threatens much worse for the Democrats. By 2014 the former will be… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
Except if it has some historical meaning for them to have Tibet under their control. I don't understand why [ Chinese] want… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
“When you write about the past, you lie with each letter, with every grapheme, including the goddamn comma.” — Rabih Alameddine Copy Share Image
Because the history of evolution is that life escapes all barriers. Life breaks free. Life expands to new territories. Painfully, perhaps even… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
No other chancellor in the long history of the office has felt the need to pass a law in order to convince… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
“If you haven't met Kenny (Young) you have not seen how the spirit of Boston can be embodied by one single man.” — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Nothing against resorts or Cancun or Carlos 'n Charlie's, but Guanajuato is different. If you want history, culture, and peace, it's perfect. — Tanya Saracho Copy Share Image
Whatever I am today is a product of that conviction that victory through Christ is victory indeed. The rest is history. — T. B. Joshua Copy Share Image
It is doubtless one of Aristotle's great services that he conceived so clearly the truth that literature is a thing that grows… — Gilbert Murray Copy Share Image
It takes time to restore an old historic car - you can't just do it overnight. That's how I look at the… — Lil Jon Copy Share Image
Whenever you feel like criticizing any one...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had. — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
The right of every person "to be let alone" must be placed in the scales with the right of others to communicate. — Warren E. Burger Copy Share Image
“History is thorough, and passes through many phases when it bears an old figure to the grave. The last phase of a… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
It's always a learning process, every time you work with someone. You take a bit of what their history is and hopefully… — Tony Kanal Copy Share Image
Historical truth is that, and that alone, which reveals the forces that go to mould the social life of mankind. — Ahad Ha'am Copy Share Image
Remember the Titans' is one of my favorites, not so much because of the actual record, but because there's so many different… — Joe Budden Copy Share Image