In my Olympic history I don't think I have achieved my potential as an athlete. That's what I want when I look… — Paula Radcliffe Copy Share Image
Human history begins with man's act of disobedience which is at the same time the beginning of his freedom and the development… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Joe Biden is not the first person in his family to have gone to college. But he has a lengthy history of… — Mollie Hemingway Copy Share Image
“But Americans are not great historians, and so, for years—educated by my neighbor—I thought that sagamore was an Indian word for lake.” — John Irving Copy Share Image
It would seem that in history it's never a tooth for a tooth, but a thousand, a hundred thousand for one. — Sybille Bedford Copy Share Image
You know you are old when you discover that your children are learning in history class what you studied in current events. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, evil will never be wholly defeated.Mankind is faced with a continual struggle against evil. We believe that this is where the… — Alija Izetbegović Copy Share Image
I am the first African-American chairman of any major conservation organization in history. That's a big step. — Jerome Ringo Copy Share Image
“Daddy thinks history starts fresh every day, every minute, that time itself begins with the feelings he’s having right now. That’s how… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
“Sometimes taking part in a great battle will be the thing that will help to change the course of history. But sometimes… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
David Ben-Gurion was a mythic figure, the founding father of Israel and a modern-day prophet, but he was also a real man… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
“The record must be hurled like a stone under history's wheel in order to stop it... One can lose all hopes except… — Gustawa Jarecka Copy Share Image
“At dusk in the Temple Gardens the barrier between past and present turned fluid and ghosts walked. Here and there if Buckler… — S.K. Rizzolo Copy Share Image
Mankind are so much the same, in all times and places, that history informs us of nothing new or strange in this… — David Hume Copy Share Image
At the end of history the whole earth has become the Garden of God again. Death and decay and suffering are gone.… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
I believe in God. I believe that He's real and I believe He has control over a lot of things and I… — Morgan Wallen Copy Share Image
The most stirring battle-poem in English is about a brigade of cavalry which charged in the wrong direction. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Photography has the capacity to provide images of man and his environment that are both works of art and moments in history. — Cornell Capa Copy Share Image
I'm a member of the National Trust. I absolutely love architecture, history, geography, the arts and culture. Oh, and I love gardens.… — Limahl Copy Share Image
A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
It's really special for me just to have that one little moment where I claimed I was the best in the history… — Caeleb Dressel Copy Share Image
Those Victorians: endlessly fascinating, broad in their learning, heroic in their achievements, in parts completely mad. — Simon Heffer Copy Share Image
There's always a way," his sister lectured. "We'll need help, though." "What help?" Amy grinned. "Sometimes it doesn't hurt to be a… — Gordon Korman Copy Share Image
In taking Dell private, we plan to go back to our roots, focusing on the entrepreneurial spirit that made Dell one of… — Michael Dell Copy Share Image
I can remember picking up weighty tomes on the history of science and the history of philosophy and reading those when I… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
Expelled from individual consciousness by the rush of change, history finds its revenge by stamping the collective unconsciousness with habits and values. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We want to go in for suffering, and there may be torture. If we put the women in front the Government may… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
My main goal is to study how people think, but at first, I'll have to study the mind of God, that's how… — Sabelo Lan Mashabela Copy Share Image
For one priceless moment in the whole history of man, all of the people on this earth are truly one. One in… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
From the immediate abandonment of the promise of an extra £350m for the NHS, the history of Brexit is already littered with… — Dominic Grieve Copy Share Image
I read a lot of archaeology and early history in a general way, not thinking particularly of this book, and this provided… — Naomi Mitchison Copy Share Image
I knew always that Holland gave away the most Jews of all the countries. We are not the heroes that are in… — Carice van Houten Copy Share Image
I believe that democracies do not go to war; that's the lesson of history, and I think that a democratic Pakistan is… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
When I decided to become a bodybuilder, I actually marked down a date. It was Oct. 8, 2002. The rest is pretty… — Phil Heath Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as a historical fatality; there is only a historical nemesis which punishes those who have hesitated to… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Copy Share Image
... what is peculiar to our own age is the abandonment of the idea that history could be told truthfully. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“So, what’s the status?” said Ira as he pulled himself down to his couch. “Will is turning into a starship,” Hugo replied,… — Alex Lamb Copy Share Image
The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and of error. — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
Political history is far too criminal to be a fit subject of study for the young. Children should acquire their heroes and… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
The power that comes from knowing the facts of history is dwarfed by the power that comes from being able to shape… — Annie Leonard Copy Share Image
