In the ultimate analysis, all of us would have served Pakistan better if history and our future generations judge us positively. — Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Copy Share Image
Birthright citizenship in America is part of something larger: The American longing to sever from history, to be a place of new… — Anand Giridharadas Copy Share Image
"The [London] Times" has published no rumours; it's only reported facts, namely that other, less responsible papers are publishing certain rumours. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
“whatever complicated emotions I felt for him, I didn’t want to ruin the moment with my unfortunately stereotypical American ignorance of history… — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
History unfolds itself by strange and unpredictable paths. We have little control over the future; and none at all over the past. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I'm a preservationist, I believe in preserving history intact, but I also enjoy the technological advances which have been made. — George Takei Copy Share Image
If we wish to foresee the future of mathematics, our proper course is to study the history and present condition of the… — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
“Having established itself securely on shipboard, the chronometer was soon taken for granted, like any other essential thing, and the whole question… — Dava Sobel Copy Share Image
“When history seems to offer no sanctuary for values (when history is assailed by wars and inhuman or immoral public actions), literature… — Beatriz Sarlo Copy Share Image
“After she left, after that summer, things were the same and they weren't. She and I were still friends, but not best… — Jenny Han Copy Share Image
If liberals think Iraqis are genetically incapable of pulling off even the most rudimentary form of democracy, why do they believe 50… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
When I started in the comic book business, 'Art Of' books were strictly the provenance of the greats, like Rembrandt and Da… — Jim Starlin Copy Share Image
History does not repeat itself. Nor does it unfold in cycles. The real future is contingent, rich beyond imagining, a perennial gobsmack,… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
Economists should be modest and be aware that they are part of the broader social science community. We need to be pragmatic… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
We need a revolution in the West: not violent overthrow, but a willingness to take responsibility for the course of history being… — Christina Baldwin Copy Share Image
I can relate to historical characters or imaginary ones. It doesn't matter if a story takes place in the future or in… — Eric Stoltz Copy Share Image
In this way, history now inscribes itself in real time, in the 'live', in the realm of interactivity. Consequently, history no longer… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
The critic's first labor is the task of distinguishing between men, as history and their works display them, and the ideals which… — Edmund Clarence Stedman Copy Share Image
I gotta tell you, Rickey Medlocke lived in some of the most magical years in this world's history. I lived in the… — Rickey Medlocke Copy Share Image
The history of nations, in the sense in which I use the word, is often best studied in works not professedly historical. — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
Maybe Rachel was right all along. Maybe the past is past, history is history, and you just push it aside and look… — Barry Lyga Copy Share Image
The biggest difference between England and America is that England has history, while America has geography. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
We must ever mandate the principle that the people of this continent alone have the right to decide their own destiny. — James K. Polk Copy Share Image
America is a new country, and maybe patriotism helps Americans create unity, since it is a melting pot. But nationalism in Europe… — Thomas Bangalter Copy Share Image
Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years. — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The real mistake of women was to let the memoir, the collective, the history, space of producing history - to let it… — Fatema Mernissi Copy Share Image
What I love about jazz is that it's full of legends, full of myths. It's an oral history because it started in… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
It is the idea of 'People' to treat its material as if it were history and, what is more, as if it… — George W. S. Trow Copy Share Image
Wright and Cowen, who have separately written important scholarly works on the financial history of the early republic, here repackage their research… — David Liss Copy Share Image
“History, in any case, cannot be reduced to some sort of game of comparing misdeeds in different eras; each period must be… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
“Your son is heir to an enormous fortune and name. Someone would be bound to bid for you him and take him… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“A good opinion of ourselves is exceedingly necessary in private life, but absolutely necessary in public life, and of the utmost importance… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I think a secure profession for young people is history teacher, because in the future, there will be so much more of… — Bill Muse Copy Share Image
And I believe that the Binomial Theorem and a Bach Fugue are, in the long run, more important than all the battles… — James Hilton Copy Share Image
“The Stonewall riot may have been the start of a civil rights movement, but it was not the beginning of our history.” — Tom Cardamone Copy Share Image
“Behind your skin, your bones, your heart and your mind, you are simply a mirror of the universe, all of its history… — Courtney Beck Copy Share Image
I believe in monogamy if that's what a couple decides upon together, but it all depends on the personal history and culture… — K. D. Lang Copy Share Image
Watching Rachel Maddow is like going to Target. You went in for milk, but you left with shampoo, candles, and the entire… — Michelle Wolf Copy Share Image
“It may well be that when Sapiens encountered Neanderthals, the result was the first and most significant ethnic-cleansing campaign in history.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image