I am interested in people living in the margins of society, and I do have a mission to tell the stories of… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
I'm trying to push for common-sense gun reform and mental illness reform so we can make sure that these individuals that have… — David Hogg Copy Share Image
“I know that everything is connected like a worldwide version of the six-degrees-of-separation game. I know that history is simultaneously a bloody… — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
I know that throughout their history, the people of the United States defended their freedom, their liberty, their justice, and their rights… — Lee Myung-bak Copy Share Image
The whole history of these books (i.e. the Gospels) is so defective and doubtful that it seems vain to attempt minute enquiry… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“The idea of decline is no more, no less, correct than the idea of progress. History is neither progress nor decline alone.… — Robert A. Nisbet Copy Share Image
“There was nothing special about humans. Nobody, least of all humans themselves, had any inkling that their descendants would one day walk… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“By the Middles Ages it was a sin to have sex with a child. If an adult were guilty of such a… — Patrick J. Carnes Copy Share Image
“Gower is the first English writer to use "history" as an English word. He regularly rhymes the term with "memory," for to… — Russell A. Peck Copy Share Image
The true historical genius, to our thinking, is that which can see the nobler meaning of events that are near him, as… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
They didn’t have novels back then. (Tory) History says they didn’t have books, yet what’s this thing in my hand? It’s square,… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“On various occasions, especially in trying to think of western American history in the context of the worldwide history of colonialism, it… — Patricia Nelson Limerick Copy Share Image
“The real comfort is that the history of the world contains so much grief that my small griefs are edged out, and… — Sebastian Barry Copy Share Image
Warsaw's historic heart was deliberately almost entirely destroyed towards the end of the Second World War by the German occupying troops. After… — Carol Drinkwater Copy Share Image
It's scary times for humanity, it seems. But as my octogenarian father tells me, "The world has seen harder times, and the… — Debbie Harry Copy Share Image
From food trucks to hot dog stands to county fair favorites, 'street food' has enjoyed a rich and storied history in American… — Homaro Cantu Copy Share Image
And if you're going to criticize me for not finishing the whole thing and tying it up in a bow for you,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“History was finite and contained within comprehensible limits. It began with the Creation and was scheduled to end in a not indefinitely… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
I'm allergic to over-promising. I'm allergic to exaggeration, because I've been in schools for a large part of my life, and I… — Larry Cuban Copy Share Image
From Jefferson to Jackson to Lincoln to FDR to Reagan, every great president inspires enormous affection and enormous hostility. We'll all be… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Throughout Yorkshire's history, the committee had not been known for its visionary approach. They just assumed that because Yorkshire had been fantastic… — Geoffrey Boycott Copy Share Image
Regardless of what anyone may personally think or believe about him, Jesus of Nazareth has been the dominant figure in the history… — Jaroslav Pelikan Copy Share Image
“Time has a different meaning for me, and these events that seem so monumental in the moment will one day be nothing… — Jessica Khoury Copy Share Image
“Josephy visited several leading Manhattan bookstores and sadly discovered the explanation [from his agent] to be generally correct; books about Indians were… — Bobby Bridger Copy Share Image
The Élysée Palace is a place laden with history. It is a place where power has left its mark - over the… — Emmanuel Macron Copy Share Image
I believe that it is truly important for everyone to confront in dialogue the historical reality of the Reformation, its consequences and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“From time to time, I open a newspaper. Things seem to be proceeding at a dizzying rate. We are dancing not on… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is that the Ten Commandments are a historical document that contains moral, ethical, and legal… — Cliff Stearns Copy Share Image
Adaptation to one's environment makes for a sort of survival; but after all, the supreme victory is only won by those who… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
“The first thing I encountered on entering the museum was the earliest steam engine built in England. As I walked on, marveling… — Diego Rivera Copy Share Image
I say that the United States of America is a unique experiment in history. I believe in American exceptionalism. I wasn't for… — John McCain Copy Share Image
I have crossed over on the backs of Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Madam C. J. Walker. Because of… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
“There are ways to counteract the evil being purposely planned. Study history. Separate fears and prejudices from facts. Recognize facts from propaganda.… — Mae Brussell Copy Share Image
Anything new is met with suspicion and has been throughout the entire history of time, but it's just evolution once you get… — Rick Owens Copy Share Image
Throughout history, when societies face tough economic times, we have seen democratic reforms deferred, decreased trust in government, persecution of minority groups,… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
“What I said in Ishmael stands: There is no One Right Way to live. What we find among Leaver peoples is that… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
“The bond we forged was molded from an unspoken commitment to our collective survival. It reached through history, straddled continents, spanned wars,… — Susan Abulhawa Copy Share Image
“The most preposterous notion that Homo sapiens has ever dreamed up is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
I decided that now is the time to start doing the things that really interest me and I find important. It was… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
“The ring which you are holding, my friend, is identical to that one. I had it cut according to the model of… — Jean Lorrain Copy Share Image