One always pulls the trigger out of self-interest and quotes history to avoid responsibility or pangs of conscience. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
“Each generation ... rescues a new area from what its predecessors arrogantly and snobbishly dismissed as 'the lunatic fringe.” — Christopher Hill Copy Share Image
In my opinion we learn nothing from history except the infinite variety of men's behaviour. We study it, as we listen to… — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
The Internet has improved a lot in the last few years, but still, you wouldn't want to depend on Web sources for… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
It is always self-defeating to pretend to a generation younger than your own; it simply erases your own experience in history. — Renata Adler Copy Share Image
Only through acknowledgment of the erasure and void of Jewish life can the history of Berlin and Europe have a human future — Daniel Libeskind Copy Share Image
It seems unavoidable that history will always link the reestablishment of the State of Israel with the tragedy of the Holocaust. — David Novak Copy Share Image
I'm interested in Russian language, culture, history... and I lived there, for four years, as a reporter for the Washington Post and… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
“a 1959 text for young Congolese soldiers studying to become NCOs in the Force Publique explained that history “reveals how the Belgians,… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
If you look at any institution in history - look at the Roman Empire - anything in history, and what it looks… — Trip Hawkins Copy Share Image
At the onset, I decided to name my brand LVL XIII - which means Level 13. The number 13 identified within the… — Antonio Brown Copy Share Image
History is replete with ideologies of freedom, justice, liberation of the downtrodden and the exploited, that have been turned against the very… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“... if history is told correctly, no man has caused the worldwide stir that Jesus Christ did 2000 years ago... Jesus was… — DC Talk Copy Share Image
Today is a new day. Don't let your history interfere with your destiny! Let today be the day you stop being a… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
I was always told that I was good in mathematics, and I guess my grades and standardized test scores supported that. My… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
Because history is only an aggregate of personal hostilities, personal prejudices, personal blindness and irrationality, there are times when we have to… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
History resembles a guest list in that sense of the invited and the gatecrashers: the people for whom we have been waiting,… — Sarah Churchwell Copy Share Image
I guess I feel very strongly that I disagree with the notion of personalizing history and movements and big events. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“History is full of people who out of fear or ignorance or the lust for power have destroyed treasures of immeasurable value… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Only 3 to 5 percent of people are aware of being a part of history; the overwhelming majority think things will always… — Vladimir Voinovich Copy Share Image
I think the worst way to go is to have somebody think they speak for God. If you look at history, every… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
That is the strength of having a trusting and ongoing relationship that draws on our history and moves right on into our… — Diana L. Eck Copy Share Image
History, although sometimes made up of the few acts of the great, is more often shaped by the many acts of the… — Mark Yost Copy Share Image
I like to do the research of history and the creativity of writing fiction. I am creating this thing which I think… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
The simple act of opening a bottle of wine has brought more happiness to the human race than all the collective governments… — Jim Harrison Copy Share Image
Nagasaki is not just an international city with a long and fascinating history. It is a global inspiration for all those who… — Antonio Guterres Copy Share Image
History should not be left to the historians. Rather, be like Churchill. Make history, and then write it. — Ferdinand Marcos Copy Share Image
The US wants to subdue Russia, to solve US problems at Russia's expense. No one in history ever managed to do this… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
“The only time in history Keanu Reeves' acting would have been considered appropriate is if he were the first human being on… — Gregor Collins Copy Share Image
In PhD, my topic was Stage Techniques in Sanskrit Drama - theory and practice. I wanted to combine my drama training with… — Neena Gupta Copy Share Image
Americans believe with all their heart, the vast majority of them, and the vast majority of Floridians, that the United States of… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The vicissitudes of history, however, have not dissuaded them from their earnest search for a "third way" between socialism and capitalism, namely… — Richard John Neuhaus Copy Share Image
“He lied all the time even when there was no need to lie [...] He needed a _history_, a sense of self.… — John Burnside Copy Share Image
The historian is terribly responsible to what he can discern are the facts of the case, but he's nothing if he doesn't… — Howard Nemerov Copy Share Image
I have a great appreciation for our world's history. I learn from my own mistakes, I learn from the mistakes we've made… — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
Since it's fiction, the book resonates, at least for me, on various levels, some of which intimate ideas about history but none… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
History is a conflict of two moral types - the predatory and the constructive - and these can be found in all… — Syed Hussein Alatas Copy Share Image
Louisiana is a special place in my family's history, and we are committed as a family to never forget the city and… — Tina Knowles Copy Share Image
The story of the human race is war. Except for brief and precarious interludes there has never been peace in the world;… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
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