I was teaching history and coaching both tennis and track along with football. I felt like I had the best of both… — Mike Holmgren Copy Share Image
“One of the things that I wanted to find out when I started working on the book—that's always fascinated me—I have great… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“Throughout history, religions and ideologies did not sanctify life itself. They always sanctified something above or beyond earthly existence, and were consequently… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Though historians occasionally try their hand at prophecy (without notable success), the study of history aims above all to make us aware… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
And I find chopsticks frankly distressing. Am I alone in thinking it odd that a people ingenious enough to invent paper, gunpowder,… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
We are in a very critical and sensitive time in this nation. We need our president to sit down with folks who… — Tim Scott Copy Share Image
In any case, his judgment and set of values, acting alone or through his assistants, determine not only what is gold and… — Samuel E. Morison Copy Share Image
Police departments no longer have to pay overtime or divert resources from other projects to find out where an individual goes -… — Ron Wyden Copy Share Image
I feel, as never before, how justly, from the dawn of history to the present time, men have paid the homage of… — Edward Everett Copy Share Image
We are looking for targets that have a tremendous strategic fit for the company. The colleges must have complementary education programs, have… — John Larson Copy Share Image
My legs were kind of asleep and I slipped. With quick reflexes Stark caught me. This woke me up, the rush of… — Jade Copy Share Image
History shows, in my opinion, that no nation can survive the tension, conflict and antagonism of two competing languages and cultures. It… — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
If you look at history, every major realignment in our politics is a joining together of a new generation and emerging technologies.… — David Gergen Copy Share Image
“Three important revolutions shaped the course of history: the Cognitive Revolution kick-started history about 70,000 years ago. The Agricultural Revolution sped it… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“In theory, we stood on the right side of history. For equality! For opportunity! For the little guy! In practice, however, being… — David Litt Copy Share Image
When you go to college, and you talk about your college experience, there's a lot of revisionist history that goes along with… — Glen Powell Copy Share Image
“place an emphasis on preparation and player recuperation; maintain discipline in the dressing room while being respectful of all opponents and possess… — Guillem Balague Copy Share Image
“By diverting the Dionysian impulse into special rites on special days, the orgy kept it under control, preventing it from surfacing in… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“Throughout God’s acts revealed in history, from creation to the exodus to the exile to redemption and on into the consummation, we… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
Among the current discussions, the impact of new and sophisticated methods in the study of the past occupies an important place. The… — Robert Fogel Copy Share Image
“I heard my teacher said "great people make history". I am not concern about "great" or "people" or "history". I am concerned… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
...the darkness does not lift but becomes yet heavier as I think how little we can hold in mind, how everything is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Amid the historic struggle to accomplish the cause of the Juche revolution in this long period after its founding, it has developed… — Kim Jong-un Copy Share Image
“History and memory aren't the same thing[...] History doesn't abide acts of the imagination but memories depend on it. And memories are… — Peter Geye Copy Share Image
When I despair I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won there have been tyrants… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Universe is vast. Nothing is more curious than the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Two centuries ago our nation's birth was a milestone in the long quest for freedom, but the bold and brilliant dream which… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
When I started doing improvise music in Europe, in the beginning I thought the way that Europeans were interpreting the reconstruction of… — Hamid Drake Copy Share Image
I think there was a revolution in poetry, associated chiefly with Eliot and Pound; but maybe it is of the nature of… — Howard Nemerov Copy Share Image
The most successful of the Tartar princes assumed the military command, to which he was entitled by the superiority either of merit… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Every few hundred years in Western history there occurs a sharp transformation. Within a few short decades, society - its worldview, its… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Plenty of people are intrigued by their family history. Growing up as the son of West Indian immigrants who moved to London… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
“One day, perhaps, the world may taste the pickles of history. They may be too strong for some palates, their smell may… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“The only rule that ever made sense to me I learned from a history, not an economics, professor at Wharton. "Fear," he… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
Clinton passed his first budget without a single Republican vote in either the House or the Senate. Before it led to the… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
History has taught us over and over again that freedom is not free. When push comes to shove, the ultimate protectors of… — Tim Pawlenty Copy Share Image
History isn't like that. History unravels gently, like an old sweater. It has been patched and darned many times, reknitted to suit… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength… — Queen Elizabeth II Copy Share Image
Those who have had the most impact and influence throughout history and certainly the people who've had the most impact and influence… — Brooke Fraser Copy Share Image
In Britain, British history is naturally a mainstream subject. Step outside your own narrow specialism, and you can find yourself treading on… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image