Whether you like it or not, France's history is unique in Europe. Not to put too fine a point on it, France… — Emmanuel Macron Copy Share Image
For decades, this great leader, often at Dr. King's side, was denied his rightful place in history because he was openly gay.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Every history of the creation, and every traditionary account, whether from the lettered or unlettered world, however they may vary in their… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“for it is the business and duty of historians to be exact, truthful, and wholly free from passion, and neither interest nor… — Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Copy Share Image
Wimbledon is quite simply the ultimate championship, and I'd be the first to admit it was the one I wanted to win.… — Tim Henman Copy Share Image
“He told me that in 1886 he had invented an original system of numbering and that in a very few days he… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Until we start attacking the root of the historical problems of discrimination against Indians, and those Indians begin in these stereotypes, that… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
“As Elizabeth Blackmar and Ray Rosenzweig wrote in their magisterial history of [Central Park in NYC]: 'The issue of demoncratic access to… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“If you want to do well in school and you’re passionate about math, you need to stop working on it to make… — Eric Barker Copy Share Image
“When we return to our elementary school playground or the site of our first kiss, we're dropping in on our own history… — Kevin Smokler Copy Share Image
When the facts of history are written Haile Selassie of Abyssinia will go down as a great coward who ran away from… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
Here's the deal with 'Bastard.' I loved that show, and for me, it was such a palate cleanser, going from writing urban… — Kurt Sutter Copy Share Image
I would love to go back to any time in European history, especially in Irish history, to the second or third century,… — Gabriel Byrne Copy Share Image
“And now the page before us blurs. An age is done. The book must close. We are abandoned to history. Raise high… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
...Scotty Moore plays one of the first really amazing riffs in rock history on Heartbreak Hotel with Elvis Presley ... it was… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that when it comes to our treatment of Native Americans as well as other persons of color in this… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'd love to be a memorable figure in the history of entertainment in some sexual, comic, tragic way. I'd like to leave… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
“Lamentably, it is a historical fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily. Individuals may see the moral light and… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
Yes, we've seen it all before. And yes, those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it. But no, the… — John Thorn Copy Share Image
China's history is marked by thousands of years of world-changing innovations: from the compass and gunpowder to acupuncture and the printing press.… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
“Every advancement in human history, every scientific discovery, every artistic masterpiece, every new idea has come from an individual looking at the… — Kate Scott Copy Share Image
To the love of pleasure we may therefore ascribe most of the agreeable, to the love of action we may attribute most… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Being in Harlem on the night of Barack Obama's election was extraordinary. It was the best street party I have ever gone… — Hari Kunzru Copy Share Image
“Too often in its history the church confused Christ and Caesar. Jesus became a tool of violence and oppression: the cross became… — Bruce G. Epperly Copy Share Image
“The cutting off of Russia with all its consequences, the vain and sanguinary tragedy of Gallipoli, the diversion of Allied strength in… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
I thought I was okay in my first film, and then I was really, really bad in some films. I really cringe… — Shahid Kapoor Copy Share Image
What does calling this medical care legislation "historic" mean? It means that previous administrations gave up the idea when it became clear… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The future is simply nothing at all. Nothing has happened to the present by becoming past except that fresh slices of existence… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Children should be taught about history not as is usually the case now, that this is the record of long past events,… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“This is the only time for high ideals because those ideals are all that we have. We aren't just fighting for our… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
“Whenever I listen to an artist or an art historian I'm struck by how much they see and how much they know… — William Knowlton Zinsser Copy Share Image
I think the sad fact is, there's a long history in this country at looking at African-American as subhuman. And I think… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“The historical periods I like to learn about aren’t so much costume dramas as slasher flicks. The French Revolution is a favorite… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
The government, once it takes power, nobody takes that away. If it's gained freely, it will be taken back in blood. That's… — Beneil Dariush Copy Share Image
“I told him that neither he nor anyone else should ever underestimate the strength and power of the United States: those who… — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
Female Chauvinist Pigs is smart, alarming, and extremely funny. With nuance and humor, Levy has written both a convincing expos of sex… — Cathleen Schine Copy Share Image
We are not buried in history, but surrounded by it. You can't avoid our behavior being shaped by it, to a considerable… — Russell Banks Copy Share Image
There's no reason that patients can't have electronic access to their complete medical history... Just as people can check their bank account… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
“We have seen some of the mechanisms whereby culture serves the interests of power, including making something legitimate, moral, or common sense.… — Wendy Griswold Copy Share Image
In order to live in a different country, you have to love something there. You have to love something there. You have… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
![“As Elizabeth Blackmar and Ray Rosenzweig wrote in their magisterial history of [Central Park in NYC]: 'The issue of demoncratic access to the park has also been raised by the increasing number of homeless New Yorkers. Poor people--from the 'squatters' of the 1850s to the 'tramps' of the 1870s and…” quote by Rebecca Solnit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d2/rebecca-solnit-569_central-park_as-elizabeth-blackmar-and-ray-rosenzweig_2496507.jpg)
