“The difference between gossip and history is if the person being talked about is alive or dead. Roy Carl Weiler Sr.” — Roy Weiler Copy Share Image
“What I have always loved about the history of the world is that it is true. That all the extraordinary things we… — Gombrich Ernst H Copy Share Image
I was a narrative historian, believing more and more as I matured that the first function of the historian was to answer… — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
I always say African American history is the quintessential American story. It's about perseverance and resilience - something everyone can relate to. — Philip Freelon Copy Share Image
I want people to be excited about cooling towers and megasheds; they're as much part of our history as the rural barn. — Antony Gormley Copy Share Image
When I write I have no loyalty except to historical truth as I see it and care no more about British achievements… — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
The word 'Sudra' which means 'Son of prostitute' should not find a place even in the history hereafter. We will not allow… — Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Copy Share Image
Stories bring us together. We can talk about them and bond over them. They are shared knowledge, shared legend, and shared history;… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
Fashion is not just about trends. It's about political history. You can trace it from the ancient Romans to probably until the… — Daphne Guinness Copy Share Image
I like characters and stories that challenge the status quo. Lately, I'm really interested in history because I find that in my… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
“To go back and rehearse history, as painful as it may be, gives us the chance to face the actions and words… — Mae Elise Cannon Copy Share Image
This is our history - from the Transcontinental Railroad to the Hoover Dam, to the dredging of our ports and building of… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
“The “evils of faction” theme recurs throughout our history, from the writings of the “muckrakers” at the turn of the twentieth century… — Edward S. Greenberg Copy Share Image
When you look at the history of slavery in the United States, and you see the impact that 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' had,… — Craig Mazin Copy Share Image
“From all the great and indispensable achievements the Internet has brought to our era, its emphasis is on the actual more than… — Henry Kissinger Copy Share Image
Not only the studying and writing of history but also the honoring of it both represent affirmations of a certain defiant faith… — George F. Kennan Copy Share Image
There were a number of books about Bill Wilson, and by him, but a lot of the basic biographical tasks had not… — Susan Cheever Copy Share Image
“The city is full of terrible actors. That is what historians never say about Madras, it is filled with hams.” — Manu Joseph Copy Share Image
Our country has a rich history and so diversified, which should be acknowledged by the younger generations. — Jubin Nautiyal Copy Share Image
“I am convinced that human history has not yet begun, that we find ourselves in the last period of the prehistoric.” — Bartolomeo Vanzetti Copy Share Image
“Throughout the history of mankind, the virtues embraced by humanity have remained true, unwavering, and consistent.” — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
“Journalists from the future would appear as history was made. He got nervous as a crowd of them filmed his blind date… — T.R. Darling Copy Share Image
“The history of the human race is the history of human hatred. Even love cannot erase such intense hatred.” — Kei Ohishi Copy Share Image
Lynching is an important aspect of racial history and racial inequality in America, because it was visible, it was so public, it… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
“throughout human history farmers have tended to despise hunter-gatherers as primitive, hunter-gatherers have despised farmers as ignorant, and herders have despised both.” — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
It's very humbling to know that the industry has cast me as the greatest heel in the history of the business. — Roddy Piper Copy Share Image
History has shown that one cannot legislate a culture of integrity. And yet, one of the paramount responsibilities and challenges of corporate… — Preet Bharara Copy Share Image
“the machines slowly rebuilding with recent history, having been wiped completely during the uprising. Access” — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
We’re at a point in history that whether the Internet is going to evolve in a way that’s compatible with democracy and… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
English history consists largely of royal people getting their heads chopped off...Needless to say, this brand of history was a hit with… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
“When the thing that emerged from the collision of sex and freedom, called love, collided with the thing that emerged from the… — Steve Erickson Copy Share Image
“The most recent past seems to be the most uncertain, and it is handed down to us only in the form of… — Volker Grassmuck Copy Share Image
“Not all white people are animal, but 99% of historic predators, terrorists, and traffickers were white.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The success or failure of any historical age is the extent to which those living at that time have fulfilled the special… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
That was the first time ever in history that anybody got Special Guest Star. I started that whole nonsense. — Jonathan Harris Copy Share Image
History is only conjecture, and the best historians try to do it as accurately as they can. They try to accurately reassemble… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
At that time the archiepiscopal throne of Alexandria was filled by Theophilus, the perpetual enemy of peace and virtue; a bold, bad… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Through all of history mankind has ingested psychedelic substances. Those substances exist to put you in touch with spirits beyond yourself, with… — Ray Manzarek Copy Share Image
One of the richest countries in the history of the world having communities where people have to go over half an hour… — Wendell Pierce Copy Share Image
