Because the Vikings never documented anything - they couldn't read or write - the history is always gonna be a little up… — Travis Fimmel Copy Share Image
And like no other sculpture in the history of art, the dead engine and dead airframe come to life at the touch… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
A clear lesson of history is that a 'sine qua non' for sustained economic recovery following a financial crisis is a thoroughgoing… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
At the first general meeting of this Corporation in 1820, his Lordship presided; a circumstance, which may well be considered an era… — John Strachan Copy Share Image
“I've taken my number & if history is kind...I'll always be remembered as being a good & caring person who just made… — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
Well, for me, really, I think it was I wanted to try and clear up some of the misperceptions that were out… — Monica Lewinsky Copy Share Image
“It is only through examining history that you become aware of where you stand within the continuum of change.” — John Lewis Copy Share Image
It is given to us to live for the most part under the guidance of mathematics ... It is impossible to distinguish… — Cassiodorus Copy Share Image
Dream of a world where poverty is history, dream of a world where we don't spend those obscene billions on arms, knowing… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
I also know that it's not about me, it's about all of you and it's about our country, I know that, I… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Johann was one of the greatest players in the history of the game. He could do everything. I'm not at that level.… — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
“[Merlin - on realizing the he'd killed a man with his magic.] It was easy. It shouldn't have been so easy to… — FayJay Copy Share Image
“In the history of warfare, a succession of bold ideas and weapons had promised to curb the tyranny of distance. The horse… — Geoffrey Blainey Copy Share Image
There is not a single contemporary historical mention of Jesus, not by Romans or by Jews, not by believers or by unbelievers,… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
“until that moment in history, Jesus was viewed by His followers as a mortal prophet … a great and powerful man, but… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Read non-fiction. History, biology, entomology, mineralogy, paleontology. Get a bodyguard and do fieldwork. Find your inner fish. Don't publish too soon. Not… — Marlene van Niekerk Copy Share Image
'Wicked' has been one of the biggest hits in Los Angeles theatre history, and we are thrilled that theatergoers here have embraced… — Marc Platt Copy Share Image
Berlin is one of my favorite cities in the world. I feel like the energy is very youthful. It has such an… — Mark Zuckerberg Copy Share Image
I was struck by the way Europeans see history as something neatly linear. For me, it's not that; it's not some kind… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most important lesson of the New Social Historians is that history belongs to those about whom or whose documents survive. — Bruce Jackson Copy Share Image
“I’m erasing myself from the narrative. Let future historians wonder how Eliza reacted when you broke her heart.” — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I'm not especially interested in the job of the historian or journalist of trying to figure out what was true and what… — Jonathon Keats Copy Share Image
It is not worth while to try to keep history from repeating itself, for man's character will always make the preventing of… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“And for what portion of human history had people even had desk jobs? Maybe the last four hundred years, out of four… — Rebecca Makkai Copy Share Image
A notion for a story is for me a confluence of real events, historical perhaps, or from my own memory to create… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
I still tell people, 'I'm pretty sure I'm the only 'Star Wars' fan in history to ever break into Skywalker Ranch by… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
The difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter is a matter of perspective: it all depends on the observer and the… — Pentti Linkola Copy Share Image
When I sat down to make a list of characters in history who exhibited curiosity, most were women. I thought it was… — Margaret MacMillan Copy Share Image
“Westerns are American history brought to life. Those fuckers were badasses, Callie,” he told me with a smirk. “Plus, John Wayne’s the… — Nicole Jacquelyn Copy Share Image
To converse with historians is to keep good company; many of them were excellent men, and those who were not, have taken… — Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Copy Share Image
“I teach the kids history, or quantum physics, or art – but above all I try to teach them to think for themselves.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
When we love all parts of ourselves, when we bless all of ourselves, when we honor all of our history and all… — Debbie Ford Copy Share Image
Such were garrulous and noisy eras, which no longer yield any sound, but the Grecian or silent and melodious era is ever… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“In history, as elsewhere, fools rush in, and the angels may perhaps be forgiven if rather than tread in those treacherous paths… — G. R. Elton Copy Share Image
In their capacity as a tool, computers will be but a ripple on the surface of our culture. In their capacity as… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
“Social progress and changes of historical period take place in proportion to the advance of women toward liberty, and social decline occurs… — Charles Fourier Copy Share Image
A broader reading of history shows that appeasement, no matter how it is labeled, never fulfills the hopes of the appeasers. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
You cannot just quote from history and above all you cannot take it out of context, in however humorous a fashion .… — Gottfried Bohm Copy Share Image
History is the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instructor of the present, and monitor… — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
“The historic atmosphere was there, certainly; but the historic atmosphere, scientifically considered, was no better than a villainous miasma” — Henry James Copy Share Image