When President Teddy Roosevelt posed for the cameras astride a massive steam shovel during construction of the Panama Canal in 1906, it… — Alan Huffman Copy Share Image
Politicians throughout history have tried to solve every problem conceivable to man, always failing to recognize that many of the problems we… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Like all major transitions in human history, the shift from a linear to a circular economy will be a tumultuous one. It… — Frans van Houten Copy Share Image
We are living through one of the most fundamental shifts in history- a change in the actual belief structure of Western society.… — Willis Harman Copy Share Image
JUST Bcuz It Was The Same With YOur Great Grand Father, Your Grand Father, And YOur Father, DOesn't Mean It Has To… — Exzel Dêê Døllår Copy Share Image
“Simply said, we have reached a moment in Western history when, despite all appearances, no meaningful public debate over belief and unbelief… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“..."Charming people, when not actively shooting one another," a friend had once said, which was so unkind, but, like so many unkind… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
“For the materialist historian, every epoch with which he occupies himself is only a fore-history of that which really concerns him. And… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
Anything great that has been accomplished in the history of humanity has started with one small thought. We all have those thoughts;… — Ernie J Zelinski Copy Share Image
“For if there is one lesson worth retaining from the travails of the Cold War and the miseries it brought in its… — Philip Short Copy Share Image
It isn't that you subordinate your ideas to the force of the facts in autobiography but that you construct a sequence of… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“The Surangama Sutra chooses, as the best meditation method for the present historic cycle, the one used by Avalokitesvara. It disengages bodily… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
Abraham Lincoln did not shoot John Wilkes Booth. Titanic did not sink a North Atlantic iceberg. And Fox News is neither fair… — Keith Olbermann Copy Share Image
One good thing about television is that you have a lot of people with money who have real good cameras going around… — Grace Slick Copy Share Image
“One of my professors once told me that the last official act of the British monarchy was when Queen Victoria refused to… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
It is, I believe, no exaggeration to say that all the historical information which has been collected in the Sanskrit language is… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
“Prayer does not blind us to the world, but it transforms our vision of the world, and makes us see it, all… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
And the first till last alshemist wrote over every square inch of the only foolscap available, his own body, till by its… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
“Indeed, the history of the recruitment of labor is an uninterrupted story of coercion either through the brute force of poverty or… — Michael Perelman Copy Share Image
If history records good things about good people, the thoughtful hearer is encouraged to imitate what is good; or if it records… — Venerable Bede Copy Share Image
It's not about the past; it's about knowing your history so that you can fight in the present. Otherwise, you don't know… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
Once you step inside, history has to be rewritten to include you. A fiction develops a story that weaves you into the… — Camilla Gibb Copy Share Image
Humans are born, small, weak and helpless. That's why we have family. And the elders of the family are the honoured guardians… — Christopher Titus Copy Share Image
Among the innumerable monuments of architecture constructed by the Romans, how many have escaped the notice of history, how few have resisted… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“America leads," he said. "We have capacity no one else has. Our military is the best in the history of the world.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Buster's a Giants legend, obviously. Three world championships, seven All-Star Games, an MVP season, a batting title, five Silver Sluggers, three no-hitters… — Brandon Crawford Copy Share Image
I have advice for new writers, first of all, at any time in the history of publishing in my experience, there will… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The basis on which the Good Friday agreement was constructed was in addressing those problems in the history of Northern Ireland, the… — John Reid Copy Share Image
The folks that are suggesting Occupy move to electoral politics are ignoring history, ignoring what actually creates change. People get involved in… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
In some ways, I believe that we are moving into a post-historical period, for lack of a better term. A time when… — Mark Pesce Copy Share Image
“Throughout history, religious leaders and other honorable men of conscience have always warned against this shaming confusion. They remind us that the… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
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I do think digital media encourages speed-reading, which can be fine if one is simply seeking information. But a serious novel or… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
I wanted to move on. I wanted to do acting. The next thing I did after [MADtv] was a good hybrid of… — Simon Helberg Copy Share Image
Mr. Vice President, the most fiscally conservative thing this government has ever done, is to invest massively in the green part of… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
The following twenty years would be the nadir of American Indian history, as the total Indian population between 1890 and 1910 fell… — Kenneth C. Davis Copy Share Image
Africans and persons of African descent must assume the primary responsibility and leadership in historical research…if we are to continue to leave… — Chancellor Williams Copy Share Image
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“Els Quatre Gats was just a five-minute walk from our house and one of my favourite haunts. My parents had met there… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
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