“History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind." --- Edward Gibbon” — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
Throughout Philippine history, it's the immigrants who built fortunes and, in the process, helped build Philippine economy. — John Gokongwei Copy Share Image
Vodka has a huge history in Russia, in that it's almost like a currency. It's the one thing that keeps the country… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
“It was destined to be the most impressive kiss in the history of foreplay. The kiss lasted more than fifteen years. Not… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I hate programmes where some TV personality looks you in the eye and tells you what to think - the Andrew Marr… — Ken Loach Copy Share Image
The profoundest truth of war is that the issue of battle is usually decided in the minds of the opposing commanders, not… — B. H. Liddell Hart Copy Share Image
“He may seem the fool who has given his all, by the wise men of the world; but it was the apparent… — Patrick Pearse Copy Share Image
If one could make alive again for other people some cobwebbed skein of old dead intrigues and breathe breath and character into… — G. M. Trevelyan Copy Share Image
“But my kind reader will please to remember that this history has “Vanity Fair” for a title, and that Vanity Fair is… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
The challenge for a writer looking at history is to figure out what is history and what is myth. After all, what… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Marriage is going to disappear, should disappear. And now the point is coming in the history of humanity where it becomes possible… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Who would have predicted a century ago that the richest civilizations in history would be made up of polluted tracts of suburban… — Alan Thein Durning Copy Share Image
In human history, we are going from knowledge to omniscience, from potence to omnipotence, from ethics and religion to righteousness. So, in… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
Doing research for 'Penumbra,' I read quite a bit about the early history of printing, and the more I did, the more… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
“A strong wind is blowing and there are little crests of foam on the waves. Look carefully at the millions of shimmering… — Gombrich Ernst H Copy Share Image
I want to give meaning to the history of the past, but to do it in real time, as if it were… — Albert Serra Copy Share Image
When I'm not writing, I read loads of fiction, but I've been writing quite constantly lately so I've been reading a lot… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
“Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner, unless you eat some of what's on that plate. Being here in America… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end,… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
If every nation gets the government it deserves, every generation writes the history which corresponds with its view of the world. — Elizabeth Janeway Copy Share Image
The Fourth of July isn't all about barbecues and fireworks. It's also about freedom, liberty and the birthday of our country. Teach… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As a Christian I take it for granted that human history will some day end; and I am offering Omniscience no advice… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
If you know from history the danger, then part of the danger is over because it may not take you by surprise… — Simon Wiesenthal Copy Share Image
Fashion only seems to make sense if it's rooted in some dimension of history or if it feels like a continuation of… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
[Geology] may be looked upon as the history of the earth's changes during preparation for the reception of organized beings, a history,… — Edward Forbes Copy Share Image
No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
“The most devious and sinister acts of historical violence are always committed by tyrants with armies—not citizens with arms.” — Seth Daniel Parker Copy Share Image
History has always been a series of pendulum swings, but the individual doesn't have to get caught in that. — Robert Johnson Copy Share Image
I want to fight Joshua. We've got history: this would be the third time. He's won one, I've won one. This would… — Dillian Whyte Copy Share Image
“Why is it that every so often history demands a bloodbath, a holocaust, an Armageddon? And why is it that every time… — Graham Swift Copy Share Image
In every election in American history both parties have their cliches. The party that has the cliches that ring true wins. — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
The odds are always against you no matter what your previous history is. You have to overcome the tendency to relax. — Tom Osborne Copy Share Image
When future historians look back on our way of curing inflation...they'll probably compare it to bloodletting in the Middle Ages. — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image
Joe Biden is the worst president of my lifetime and might just be the worst president in American history. — Will Cain Copy Share Image
If people really want to know and learn from history, why do they want bad history? Why don't they want good history?… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
My lesson from history is that if there is a strong moderate centrist party which can lead the country, there is no… — Viktor Orban Copy Share Image
Bruce Parker's The Power of the Sea is an engaging and essential history of science. It’s also a terrific account of survival… — David Helvarg Copy Share Image
“Von Trotha said, “The Wahehe are a tribe of about one quarter of a million people! On the 17th of August 1891,… — Michael G. Kramer Copy Share Image
“If somebody is telling you there is one history, one people & one version of events, you should consider what side of… — Sara Ellie MacKenzie Copy Share Image
The precariat is the first class in history to be losing acquired rights - cultural, civil, social, economic, and political. — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
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