From 1911 to 1928, the country was officially called Republic of China, but in reality, it was actually split between different warlords.… — Jiang Wen Copy Share Image
“People with a demonstrated history in Public Relations, often are skilled in Marketing, Journalism, Corporate Communications and Social Media. Generally speaking, the… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
There's no one on the road that I tried to pattern myself after. There's no one in history that I tried to… — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
A lot of the stories I write about have an element of mystery. They're crime stories or conspiracy stories or quests. They… — David Grann Copy Share Image
“Man must be an emptiness, a nothingness, which is not a pure nothingness (reines Nichts), but something that is to the extent… — Alexandre Kojève Copy Share Image
I'm a horrible historian. My memory is bad. I read things and then I forget them. I can't understand dates and I… — Lucy Corin Copy Share Image
As a young man, I was very interested in how people lived in earlier times; how they got from place to place,… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
“Wise men will apply their remedies to vices, not to names; to the causes of evil which are permanent, not to the… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
The planetary phase of history has begun, but the future shape of global society remains profoundly uncertain. Though perhaps improbable, a shift… — Paul Raskin Copy Share Image
I'm much more conscious of historical events since the '60s. In the '60s, I was insulated by my own addictions, my own… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
Art may not have the power to change the course of history, but it can provide a perspective on historical events that… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
Facts are the mere dross of history. It is from the abstract truth which interpenetrates them, and lies latent among them, like… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
A mystique of history and heritage surrounds the New York Yankees. It's like the old days revived. We're loved and hated, but… — Paul Blair Copy Share Image
Even if you’ve taken off every stitch of clothing, you still have your secrets, your history, your true name. It’s hard to… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
I mean, think about the coalition that Donald Trump assembled. This was the greatest political comeback in history, greatest political comeback in… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
Read a lot. But read as a writer, to see how other writers are doing it. And make your knowledge of literature… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
“I have never seen a contemporary history book that informs students that witch trials were also occurring across the world at that… — David Barton Copy Share Image
It is perhaps not surprising, amid the general leveling of individual aspirations in the growing megalopolis that it was the "Odyssey", not… — Cedric H Whitman Copy Share Image
“Though the Reformation originated with the Lord's fresh move through various reformers, in a rather short time the resulting churches became institutionalized… — Henry Hon Copy Share Image
“From Egyptian writing the Phoenicians constructed an alphabet which passed into world-literature ... Herodotus attributes the transliteration of Phoenician letters into the… — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
America was founded by intellectuals, a rare occurrence in the history of modern nations We might even say that America was founded… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
Some god or Weltgeist has been making a movie out of us for the past six thousand years, and now we have… — William Irwin Thompson Copy Share Image
Iggy Pop is a pure Michigan product - gritty, smart, but not afraid of looking stupid or foolish. His father was once… — David Means Copy Share Image
My dad worked for a generator company and then UC Berkeley, and my mom was as a dental hygienist and then eventually… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
My undergraduate degree was in history, and I wish I had been smart enough to really excel at maths, physics, chemistry or… — Michael Moritz Copy Share Image
“More important, Los Angeles has seen in this century the greatest concentration of fantasy-production, as an industry and as an institution, in… — Reyner Banham Copy Share Image
In every race, in every nation, and in every clime in every period of history there is always an eager-eyed group of… — Alice Dunbar Nelson Copy Share Image
My agent is based in New York. And due to a historic accident, my publishing track is primarily American - I'm sold… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“How would your life be different if…You didn’t allow yourself to be defined by your past? Let today be the day…You stop… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
When I'm not governing my country any more, I'll go back to taking care of children. Or else I'll start studying anthropology… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
For all the talk about the bitterness and the partisanship in American politics, is it really that bitter and partisan? Think of… — William Kristol Copy Share Image
“This is Shakespeare and Company, it's the most famous bookstore in the world." She pointed to the shelves that reached the ceiling.… — Anita Hughes Copy Share Image
The cosmical importance of this conclusion is profound and the possibilities it opens for the future very remarkable, greater in fact than… — Francis William Aston Copy Share Image
“In a secular world, which is what most of us in Europe and North America live in, history takes on the role… — Margaret MacMillan Copy Share Image
I can remember my father gave me a huge history of football for my 12th birthday - I used to read that… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“Here we are on top of the world. We have arrived at this peak to stay there forever. There is, of course,… — Graham Allison Copy Share Image
“In political affairs illusions are usually the product of a failure to appreciate change; but such failure-usually a necessary and perhaps salutary… — Laurence Lafore Copy Share Image
We have never in human history seen a run-up in credit of the kind we have just witnessed in advanced economies since… — Alan M. Taylor Copy Share Image
We need to develop respect for our history, despite all of its flaws, and love for the Fatherland. We need to pay… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
“Congressional oversight: When a congressional representative forgets to do something. (Historical note: this phrase once had another meaning, but since 9/11, years… — Tom Engelhardt Copy Share Image