I believe that communism is another sad, bizarre chapter in human history whose last pages even now are being written. I believe… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
In 'Mad Men,' we watch a group of people who live in a prosperous society that offers happiness and order like never… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
The EU Constitution is something new in human history. Though it is not as eloquent as the French and U.S. constitutions, it… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
In the history of this country [USA], the reason we have never developed a social democratic base, the way they have in… — Joan Walsh Anglund Copy Share Image
I know something about dread myself, and appreciate the elaborate systems with which some people fill the void, appreciate all the opiates… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
“My father took me to see this film in 1950, when I was eight years old. And I’ve never forgotten it. I… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
“He had a theory about it. It happened, and re-happened, because it was a city uninterested in history. Strange things occurred precisely… — Mccann Colum Copy Share Image
Suggestion of the Communist Manifesto was 'abolition of all right of inheritance.' Looking backward upon the past history of estate taxes, we… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Hardly any aspect of my life, from where I had lived to my education to my employment history to my friendships, had… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
The mixture of Sarmatic and German blood had contributed to improve the features of the Alani, to whiten their swarthy complexions, and… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“expensive paint jobs in history. Michelangelo began at the top of the wall and slowly worked his way down for more than… — Benjamin Blech Copy Share Image
“The most important impact of script on human history is precisely this: it has gradually changed the way humans think and view… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“IN THE MOST CRUCIAL EVENTS IN REDEMPTIVE HISTORY, God takes considerable pains to ensure that no one can properly conclude that these… — D.A. Carson Copy Share Image
“There seems, however, to be a problem with some of our more cherished beliefs about the world: they are leading us, inexorably,… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
It is the mark of our whole modern history that the masses are kept quiet with a fight. They are kept quiet… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The good historian, then, must be thus described: he must be fearless, uncorrupted, free, the friend of truth and of liberty; one… — Lucian of Samosata Copy Share Image
We've been a country that's been fortunate to be protected by two oceans, to not have serious attacks on our territory for… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
“Portability also explains why many old chests and trunks had domed lids- to throw off water during travel. The great drawback of… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
My private history in terms of people in my life who are dead is very easy to discuss. I don't feel those… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
In the history of humanity there are no civilizations or cultures which fail to manifest, in one or a thousand ways, this… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
“You never stop to think how the history of whiteness in America is one long scroll of affirmative action. You never stop… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
“Historical consciousness therefore leaves you, as does maturity itself, with a simultaneous sense of your own significance and insignificance. Like Friedrich's wanderer,… — John Lewis Gaddis Copy Share Image
“If he had wished, he could have annexed Denmark; and ended a thousand years of war and history. But Charles had no… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
However incompatible the spirit of Jesus and armed force may be, and however unpleasant it may be to acknowledge the fact, as… — Kenneth Scott Latourette Copy Share Image
My books serve as archives of thoughts and emotions, like a tonal history that captures how I felt at a certain time… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
The question I'm always asking myself is: are we masters or victims? Do we make history, or does history make us? Do… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I was married for nine years before my husband and I separated and eventually divorced. Just as I'd watched my parents arguing… — Regina King Copy Share Image
One of the first things we teach medical students is to listen to the patient by taking a careful medical history. Ninety… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
On the eve of this great adventure I send my best wishes to every soldier in the Allied team. To us is… — Bernard Law Montgomery Copy Share Image
Though few hiring managers would deliberately choose to offer women less money than their male counterparts, when using salary history to determine… — Letitia James Copy Share Image
“Professor Julius Lester, which I kept propped on my desk: “History is not just facts and events. History is also a pain… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
“But other hordes would come, and other false prophets. Our feeble efforts to ameliorate man’s lot would be but vaguely continued by… — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
A lot of guys have had a lot of fun joking about Henry Ford because he admitted one time that he didn't… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Writing fiction is very different to writing non-fiction. I love writing novels, but on history books, like my biographies of Stalin or… — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
“It seems logical to suppose that history's pattern reflects innate differences among people themselves. Of course, we're taught that it's not polite… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
“Science has marched forward. But civilization’s values remain rooted in philosophies, religious traditions, and ethical frameworks devised many centuries ago. Even our… — Carl Safina Copy Share Image
The world is not likely to tire of an amusement which never repeats itself, of a game which today presents features as… — Willard Fiske Copy Share Image
I started these Rush Revere and these children's books, I mean, there was a mission. It was to teach the truth of… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“I am writing this as a profession of faith: I believe in a divine providence; I also believe in God's wisdom and… — Albert Speer Copy Share Image
So the old Copenhagen interpretation needs to be generalized, needs to be replaced by something that can be used for the whole… — Murray Gell-Mann Copy Share Image