History, in illuminating the past, illuminates the present, and in illuminating the present, illuminates the future. — Benjamin Cardozo Copy Share Image
I have a long view of history - my orientation is archaeological because I'm always thinking in terms of ancient Greece and… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
I don't think my election as Taoiseach actually made history - it just reflected it, reflected the enormous changes that had already… — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
Dachau-the significance of this name will never be erased from German history. It stands for all concentration camps which the Nazis established… — Eugen Kogon Copy Share Image
Problems cannot all be solved, for, as they are solved, new aspects are continually revealed: the historian opens the way, he does… — F. M. Powicke Copy Share Image
“What history gives us leaves upon us, on the contrary, the impression of decadence rather than of an advancing civilization.” — Herman Bavinck Copy Share Image
I think it's one of my favourite theatres ever, so quirky and wonderful and steeped in history. The space is wonderful and… — Louise Jameson Copy Share Image
For me, it's always difficult when a historical film claims to depict or represent a reality that none of us can know,… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
“While the story of Jesus is indeed the key to history, to emphasize the Gospels over the rest of the New Testament… — Michael Frost Copy Share Image
“The moment of decapitation is for Marin, as it had been for Caillois, a moment of 'singular metamorphosis ... when the Gorgon's… — David A. Leeming Copy Share Image
The greatest thinkers in history certainly knew the value of shifting the mind into low gear. Charles Darwin described himself as a… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
I decided on a chocolate business. I love the history of chocolate and making it and the fact that people of any… — Jacques Torres Copy Share Image
In the history of the world the Vedas fill a gap which no literary work in any other language could fill. I… — Max Muller Copy Share Image
Part of the main plan of imperialism... is that we will give you your history, we will write it for you, we… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
Among the worst episodes in American history are those moments when the federal government deploys the full weight of its power against… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
Two aesthetics exist: the passive aesthetic of mirrors and the active aesthetic of prisms. Guided by the former, art turns into a… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“Whenever you see a legend, you can be sure, if you go to the very bottom of things, that you will find… — Vallet de Viriville Copy Share Image
We should ensure to teach the next generation something good. We have such rich literature and history. Why can't we make better… — Alok Nath Copy Share Image
We are never real historians, but always near poets, and our emotion is perhaps nothing but an expression of a poetry that… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
“Shame, as an emotion, has a core meaning, in relating individuals to wider social groups and norms -- real or imagined.” — Peter N. Stearns Copy Share Image
We need history, not to tell us what happened or to explain the past, but to make the past alive so that… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
one of the great weaknesses of the women's rights movement over the past two hundred years has been the tendency of its… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
My dad planned a road trip every summer, so we always did the road trip. We did the Eastern Seaboard and learned… — Vicki Lawrence Copy Share Image
I know I will have to prove I am the best and make history in pro boxing, but I have no doubts… — Vasyl Lomachenko Copy Share Image
“There is no portrait of Jesus in the New Testament as a merely human teacher of ethics. There is only the Lord… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The astrologers and historians write that the ascendant as of Oxford is Capricornus, whose lord is Saturn, a religious planet, and patron… — John Aubrey Copy Share Image
God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era. — Abdolkarim Soroush Copy Share Image
It is a disturbing fact that Western civilization, which claims to have achieved the highest standard of health in history, finds itself… — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
Haiti was founded by African slaves who rose against their European masters, had a revolution, and created a new state. There is… — Madison Smartt Bell Copy Share Image
“Statements that will hold good for all time are difficult to obtain in archaeology. The most that can be done at any… — Jennifer K. McArthur Copy Share Image
'A Talk to Teachers' is emblematic of Baldwin's proclivity for candor over political appeasement and, like much of his work, focusses on… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
To this day people will say, 'What do you think about doing 'Playboy?'' I feel honored to be a part of that… — Gena Lee Nolin Copy Share Image
History shows that no enemy remains hostile forever, nor do friends remain friendly forever. For that reason, we intend to have normal… — Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Copy Share Image
History is only the pattern of silken slippers descending the stairs to the thunder of hobnailed boots climbing upward from below. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
I think that both men, Bush and Blair, will be damned in history. Both men have made their respective countries the two… — George Galloway Copy Share Image
Art, at least, teaches us that man cannot be explained by history alone and that he also finds a reason for his… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Clarence Darrow, America's best-known trial lawyer, was also one of American history's most skilled orators. — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
You have to accustom yourself to practical study at home, you have to devote time to studies, to the history of chess,… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
The turning point in history will be the moment man becomes aware that the only god of man is man himself. — Henri de Lubac Copy Share Image
It comforts the adult conscience to remember that, amid history's grave injustices, there were still great lives. — Rumaan Alam Copy Share Image
