American history contains much matter for pride and congratulation, and much matter for regret and humiliation. — Herbert Croly Copy Share Image
“... civilization—a word that simply means "living in cities..." Excerpt From: Standage, Tom. “A History of the World In 6 Glasses.” — Tom Standage Copy Share Image
As history stands, it is a sort of Chinese play, without end andl without lesson. With these impressions I wrote the last… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them from circumstantial or vulgar historians. — Horace Walpole Copy Share Image
“... truth, whose mother is history, who is the rival of time, depository of deeds, witness of the past, example and lesson… — Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Copy Share Image
For the first time in our history, the winners of the White House Turkey Pardon were chosen through a highly competitive online… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Less than one-third of eighth-graders can identify the historical purpose of the Declaration of Independence - and it's right there in the… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
The philosopher will ask himself ... if the criticism we are now suggesting is not the philosophy which presses to the limit… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty Copy Share Image
“The tragic irony of modern anti-fascism is that the more successful it is, the more its raison d'etre is called into question.… — Mark Bray Copy Share Image
“The individualism of the Romantic theory of interpretation attempts to abstract the individual from his historical context by presenting him with the… — Andrew Louth Copy Share Image
Our progress isn't just limited to the operation. Financially, we have been performing well. United's 2015 earnings were one of the best… — Oscar Munoz Copy Share Image
“He didn't much like reading novels - he preferred history or philosophy - or poetry, although he could read only a little… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
“The history of pi is only a small part of the history of mathematics, which itself is but a mirror of the… — Petr Beckmann Copy Share Image
“The first Embassy to Afghanistan by a western power left the Company's Delhi Residency on 13 October 1808, with the Ambassador accompanied… — William Dalrymple Copy Share Image
Many historians will tell you that there are no laws of history and no great cycles that govern human events. History often… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
“I understood we were now left all on our own in a country heading into the unknown and prepared constantly for war.… — Armando Lucas Correa Copy Share Image
Michael Jordon may have been the best basketball player in history, but he couldn't have won six NBA titles without a team. — Mark E. Hyman Copy Share Image
Well named, Quotology contains everything you always wanted to know about quotations, quoters, quotees, quotation books, 'quoox' (quotations out of context), and… — Marjorie Garber Copy Share Image
I mean, look, Nancy Pelosi said in the very beginning this is going to be the most open, honest and ethical Congress… — Eric Cantor Copy Share Image
We don't see the global citizen as someone with no identity, but rather someone who has confidence and is proud of his… — Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned Copy Share Image
I will write on the pages of history what I want them to say. I will be myself. I will speak my… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
On the breast of that huge Mississippi of falsehood called History, a foam-bell more or less is no consequence. — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
God has stepped in at the last minute more than once in history (remember Moses at the Red Sea?). And He can… — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
The visual information of art history is going to students seamlessly, without the enormous trouble those of us who are older had… — Robert Nelson Copy Share Image
Thus I have maintained by English history, that in proportion as the press has been free, English government has been secure. — Thomas Erskine Copy Share Image
“Are you in the habit of taking tea with anyone who approaches you in a foreign port?” He went on and snorted… — V.S. Carnes Copy Share Image
What astounds me about the history of the British Navy is how cheaply we have policed the world for 300 years. — Ernest Bevin Copy Share Image
What's so interesting is taking kind of all these horror tropes and really finding black history and American history to layer on… — Misha Green Copy Share Image
The Navy-Marine Corps team is unique in history because its mobility and versatility permit it to make a contribution in virtually every… — John S. McCain Jr Copy Share Image
Historians and archaeologists will one day discover that the ads of our time are the richest and most faithful reflections that any… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
I have a rule: I will not alter the basic history of a real-life character to suit our fictional needs in a… — Terence Winter Copy Share Image
Carlyle uttered a pregnant truth when he said that the history of any country is in the biographies of the men who… — Andrew Dickson White Copy Share Image
If you don't recount your family history, it will be lost. Honor your own stories and tell them too. The tales may… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“The current danger for most of us is not the deprivation suffered bu our ancestors but an excess of nutrition.” — Randolph M. Nesse Copy Share Image
I believe history and tradition is something solid and something we can rest on. I am not crazy about putting new spices… — Jacques Torres Copy Share Image
“The prophetic word is not intended as a minute history written in advance, but as a symbolic portrayal of what Christ has… — Desmond Ford Copy Share Image
I'm a basketball junkie and a real historian of the game, so for me to get a chance to express it and… — Paul Pierce Copy Share Image
Even as a teenager, I felt that for whatever reason that we were living very close to the end of human history.… — Anne Graham Lotz Copy Share Image
It's time for us to start teaching our children about the dirty, despicable, awful things that those communist and socialist despots did… — Mark Robinson Copy Share Image
When Zidane talks to you, you know you are being spoken to by one of the greatest players in the history of… — Lucas Vazquez Copy Share Image
