The number of states in the union has been fixed at 50 for so long, few Americans realize that throughout most of… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
To some extent, mythology is only the most ancient history and biography. So far from being false or fabulous in the common… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
If we could travel into the past, it's mind-boggling what would be possible. For one thing, history would become an experimental science,… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“The social view of humanity, namely that of social ecology, focuses primarily on the historic emergence of hierarchy and the need to… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought… — George Washington Copy Share Image
My mom was a teacher. In the 1960s and '70s, she taught history at two largely African American public high schools in… — Brett Kavanaugh Copy Share Image
“A phenomenon noticeable throughout history regardless of place or period is the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests.… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
Why do we need school? Music: we have youtube for that Sport: theres a wii Spanish: theres dora English: everythings shortened anyway… — Emily Thomas-webb Copy Share Image
It's very exciting, everyone wants to see Aston Villa back in the Premier League and kicking on from there. It's great to… — Mile Jedinak Copy Share Image
“That's the thing about knowing someone your entire life. You have a common history; it binds, provides a depth that new friendships,… — Jessica Maria Tuccelli Copy Share Image
“During World War II the top secret “Norden XV” or “Blue Ox” otherwise known the Army Airforce’s “Norden M Series Bombsights,” were… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Suppresed I Rise Copy Share Image
“A German goldsmith covered a bit of metal with cloth in the 14th century and gave mankind its first button. It was… — Lyn Hejinian Copy Share Image
On a candid examination of history, we shall find that turbulence, violence, and abuse of power, by the majority, trampling on the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
This is a long tough road we have to travel. The men that can do things are going to be sought out… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
“The courageous testimony of Dr. Faust that a maiden's smile is more precious than history, philosophy, education, religion, law, politics,economics, and all… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What does seem to me poisonous, what breeds a type of patriotism that is pernicious if it lasts but not likely to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are some designers who flash and burn - Courreges is an example of that. But he still marked fashion history. And… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
I've discovered that most critics themselves are cinematically illiterate. They don't really know much about movies. They don't know the history. They… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
“We are reverting to the civilization of luggage, and historians of the future will note how the middle classes accreted possessions without… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
Side by side ... the British and French peoples have advanced to rescue ... mankind from the foulest and most soul-destroying tyranny… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“There is an allegory for historians in the diverse functions of saw, wedge, and axe. The saw works only across the years,… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
“Because in the end history—like the Berlin Wall—shapes people, had shaped her, but would not in the end determine her, because in… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
In most places and times in human history, babies have had not just one person but lots of people around who were… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
The results showed that Joe Mokoena and I had made history. For the first time in the history of education in South… — Oliver Tambo Copy Share Image
“There are, broadly speaking, three directly analogous progressions inthe history of art: in Antiquity, from the blockiness of Egyptian art to the… — Klaus Berger Copy Share Image
“Either history is really governed by laws, and in that case a truly human-activity is impossible, except perhaps in a technical sense;… — Cornelius Castoriadis Copy Share Image
“The central facts of the incarnation, satisfaction, and resurrection are the fulfillment of the three great thoughts of the Old Covenant, the… — Herman Bavinck Copy Share Image
“An artist is the magician put among men to gratify--capriciously--their urge for immortality. The temples are built and brought down around him,… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
“Many historians have noted an interesting phenomenon in American life in the years immediately after a war. In the councils of government… — E.L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
“Excursion from marrakech offers the possibilty to discover Morocco with all his rich history from his amazing Sahara deserts, imperial cities (… — Excursion from Marrakech Copy Share Image
I read mostly historical fiction - lots of stuff set in ancient Rome and ancient Greece. I also liked sci-fi and fantasy:… — Henry Cavill Copy Share Image
“I went to my grandmother, your great-great-grandmother, and asked her to write a letter. She was my mother's mother. Your father's mother's… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
Whoever takes it upon himself to write an honest intellectual history of twentieth-century Europe will need a strong stomach. But he will… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
“This was the history of the world. Recovery and collapse, despair and relief. The dialectic of clean and dirty. Every time is… — Jerry Stahl Copy Share Image
I'd studied English literature and American history, but the English literature, which I thought was going to be helpful to me in… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
When I came to write my Thomas Cromwell books, I moved onto the center ground of English history, but I was never… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
The sustainability revolution will, hopefully, be the third major social and economic turning point in human history, following the Neolithic Revolution -… — Prince Charles Copy Share Image
Change is the process by which the future invades our lives, and it is important to look at it closely, not merely… — Alvin Toffler Copy Share Image
Growing up, I didn't know about the Japanese internment camps until I saw a movie of the week as an adult. I… — Adina Porter Copy Share Image
