A mere collector of supposed facts is as useful as a collector of matchboxes. — Lucien Febvre Copy Share Image
In the history of Wikileaks, nobody has claimed that the material being put out is not authentic. — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
“The present is not so glorious but that I should wish to dwell a little in the past.” — Baroness Emma Orczy Copy Share Image
Time and time again, history has proved that the conservatives are right and the liberals are wrong. — Stockwell Day Copy Share Image
Historical experience shows that a crisis causes either a recovery or catastrophic consequences. — Sergei Lavrov Copy Share Image
I got to have about 15 minutes with Michelle Obama, and that was a big deal because you're like, 'Wow, I'm part… — Ross Mathews Copy Share Image
We ought not to endeavor to revise history according to our latter day notions of what things ought to have been, or… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
The same president who has insisted that core moralism drives him has brought America to its lowest moral standing in history. — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
“As I worked to rebuild the ghost town I had made, I felt keenly that my failure to help Timothy was really… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
I absolutely love my job. I feel so privileged: I get to travel the world, I get to witness history... and I'm… — Clarissa Ward Copy Share Image
Havana, for all its smells, sweat, crumbling walls, isolation, and difficult history, is the most romantic city in the world. — Mark Kurlansky Copy Share Image
If the history of science teaches us anything, it is that what conquers our ignorance is research, not giving up and attributing… — Jerry A. Coyne Copy Share Image
The Constitution supposes what the history of all governments demonstrates, that the executive is the branch of power most interested in war… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
However rich we may become in knowledge of the deeper causes of historical results, we forgo all understanding of history if we… — William Ernest Hocking Copy Share Image
I am imprinted with the whole sense of European history, especially German history, going back to World War I, which really destroyed… — Lisel Mueller Copy Share Image
We are at a time in history where everyone with any insight of the climate crisis that threatens our civilisation - and… — Greta Thunburg Copy Share Image
More than 120 years ago, the Wright brothers pioneered their aviation work and built the world's first airplane in Dayton. I'm proud… — Jon Husted Copy Share Image
Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human history, largely to meet rapidly… — Gary Larson Copy Share Image
“But the magic moment when he walks alone has not yet happened, and I was praying he would do it before I… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
Google is my best friend and my worst enemy. It's fabulous for research, but then it becomes addictive. I'll have a character… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
The press is critical at this time, and if you look at history, this is so critical. — Barbara Boxer Copy Share Image
The best chapters in our economic history are those that embrace the many, not the few. — David Cameron Copy Share Image
I'm not a teacher; I'm not a historian. I'm trying to create a world for my characters. — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
As much as I care about historical context - I'm very eager to read a really great historical account. — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
Facts are the images of history, just as images are the facts of fiction. — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
“Kerensky, yes, Kerensky – I think we have to say one of the great wets of history.” — Isaiah Berlin Copy Share Image
In this decisive hour of our national history, union means life and division means death. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The most important events in every age never reach the history books.” — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
To an American, land is solidity, goodness, and hope. American history is about land. — William Least Heat-Moon Copy Share Image
When I went to college, my goal was to be a college history teacher. I majored in history. — George J. Mitchell Copy Share Image
Some Western biographies are apologist, and do not portray the negative side at all. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
