The particular aspect of history which both attracts and benefits its readers is the examination of causes and the capacity, which is… — Polybius Copy Share Image
“I am a collector of bread crumbs, all those bits of science and history that I mash and knead together to build… — James Rollins Copy Share Image
I lived in Greece for about four years of my life, and living there had a huge impact on my life growing… — Marina and the Diamonds Copy Share Image
In one sense, I wanted to study philosophy and theology, getting into the history of the Bible. I went through that for,… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Frankly speaking, we all know that provoking military and political instability, regional, and other conflicts is a helpful means of distracting the… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
“History lesson, folks: The tax system we have today—the one we've come to know and love—began ninety-four years ago as a (drum… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
“The rifts in this ancient wall continue to be patched with exhortations to women to avoid challenging the norm even if it… — Rachel P. Maines Copy Share Image
We talked--recent history only--and Lucas relayed the story of how Francis came to be his roommate. "He showed up at the door… — Tammara Webber Copy Share Image
The problem with relegating black history to one really short month, the shortest month, is not only are we telling the same… — Karyn Parsons Copy Share Image
“[Veda:] History is the best kind of story. We each write our own stories about good versus evil, failure and success, love… — Jessica Lave Copy Share Image
“Likewise, Augustine made the effort of historical imagination to register to the full the Jewishness of Jesus and the apostles. And now,… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
The American people need to know that there are folks here fighting as hard as they can for individual liberty, economic freedom,… — Tom Price Copy Share Image
In history class, I wrote a poem, 'The Royalists and the Roundheads.' I would write poems about driftwood in art class and… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
Maybe we've been brainwashed by 130 years of Yankee history, but Southern identity now has more to do with food, accents, manners,… — John Shelton Reed Copy Share Image
“In short, one may say anything about the history of the world—anything that might enter the most disordered imagination. The only thing… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
The History of Evolution is the real source of light in the investigation of organic bodies. It is applicable at every step,… — Karl Ernst von Baer Copy Share Image
The British government had not engaged in any serious actual oppression of the colonies before 1774, but it had claimed powers not… — Edmund Morgan Copy Share Image
Remember, I'm someone who got fired from Disney and eight days later started the first studio in 65 years with two of… — Jeffrey Katzenberg Copy Share Image
“As history proves time and time again, and like the fate of the Roman Empire, tyrannical rule is always brought down. Perhaps… — Helen Jane Rose Copy Share Image
“There is a fatality about all physical and intellectual distinction, the sort of fatality that seems to dog through history the faltering… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I believe there's no such thing as history; there's only historians, and in English, we've got this word 'his'tory, but what about… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
I know that sounds really extreme, but if you just look at the history, you will find Harry Anslinger [first U.S. commissioner… — Maia Szalavitz Copy Share Image
I will be busy playing, getting in shape, and learning English, and being in a smaller town will help me do that.… — Rivaldo Copy Share Image
What people forget is that the most radical thing about Obama is that he was the first black man in history to… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely won't. But… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
Man carries the world in his head, the whole astronomy and chemistry suspended in a thought. Because the history of nature is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I know that Arnold Toynby, the great historian, said he had always hoped the religions of the world would evolve until they… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
“It is not history. But I am beginning to wonder strongly what is the nature of history. Is it only memory in… — Sebastian Barry Copy Share Image
Divine Providence has played a great part in our history. I have the feeling that God has created us and brought us… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
I don't want to revisit history or try to re-interpret it, you know, but starting from where we are now, given the… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
“Every language glimmers with sparks of earlier ones. These sparks - a word, a place-name — are residual traces of languages spoken… — Margalit Fox Copy Share Image
If you want to demonise the Mughals, please base it on some research and make us understand why; why they were the… — Kabir Khan Copy Share Image
What I tried to show is that this idea of this fundamental conflict between savagery and civilization goes back to the very… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
“Physicians do not systematically prescribe placebos to their patients. Hence they have no way of comparing the effects of the drugs they… — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
There is no American history. There is no French history. There is no John Wideman. There are all these dreams that are… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
“The loss of that oral tradition and the breakdown of communication between generations had set my family adrift, floating aimlessly without history… — Diane Wilson Copy Share Image
The president of the United States of North America, George W. Bush, the little gentleman of the North, the political cadaver that… — Hugo Chavez Copy Share Image
“In 1821, the United States government sent Dr. Eli Ayres to West Africa to buy, on what was known as the “Pepper… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater Two Copy Share Image
“The further Fascism receded into history and the fewer visible fascists there were on display, the more self-proclaimed anti-fascists needed fascism to… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
With historicals, the research is half the fun. Contemporaries are especially easy. People are right out there in front of you; you… — Heather Graham Pozzessere Copy Share Image
![“[Veda:] History is the best kind of story. We each write our own stories about good versus evil, failure and success, love and hate. It’s all about people and the choices we make. Wars are started; laws are passed; conversations are held. We decide through our actions and the choices we make…” quote by Jessica Lave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b77/jessica-lave-25020_good-versus-evil_veda-history-is-the-best-kind-of-story-w_3055790.jpg)
![“I know that sounds really extreme, but if you just look at the history, you will find Harry Anslinger [first U.S. commissioner of the Bureau of Narcotics] going on about satanic swing and how reefer will make black people think they're as good as white people - which to him, obviously, was a very…” quote by Maia Szalavitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b14/maia-szalavitz-21394_bases_i-know-that-sounds-really-extreme-but-if_2470423.jpg)
