Throughout the twentieth century and into the beginning of the twenty-first, the United States repeatedly used its military power, and that of… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
The valuable library of Alexandria was pillaged or destroyed; and near twenty years afterwards, the appearance of the empty shelves excited the… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Hey, God made us sexual creatures. If he wanted teenagers to wait that long, he would have made puberty start at twenty-five. — Natasha Friend Copy Share Image
I am not a historian, but I find myself being more and more fascinated by history and now I find myself reading… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“There are many perks to living for twenty-one centuries, and foremost among them is bearing witness to the rare birth of genius.… — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
The twenty-first century is, and will remain, the Age of Insecurity. — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Men are so delving into the mysteries of things that today a boy of twenty knows more than twenty doctors formerly knew. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If you examine the history of any playwright of the past twenty - five or thirty years - I'm not talking about… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
Of Cooking. This is an art of various forms, the object of which is to give ordinary observations the appearance and character… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
Less than fifteen cents to the province and more than twenty-five cents to Ottawa, this is far from being excessive! — Maurice Duplessis Copy Share Image
I don't think in the religious way that most people associate that word with, but Hern is a committed guy. He's doing… — John H Richardson Copy Share Image
Twenty-year-olds have a kind of emotional idealism about relationships and about the world that enables them to say, 'No, you lied to… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
Twenty years from now, will we listen to Lady Gaga? No. She might think she is making a stand for the freaks… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
To say that these men paid their shillings to watch twenty-two hirelings kick a ball is merely to say that a violin… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We're fifteen to twenty years out of date in how we think about renewables. — Eric Martinot Copy Share Image
Make a list of twenty-five things you want to experience before you die. Carry it in your wallet or purse and refer… — H. Jackson Brown, Jr Copy Share Image
There are some people who, in order not to pray use as an excuse the fact that life is so hectic that… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I've probably read maybe by now fifteen, twenty books on Matthew. I'd say the authors I like best are an English fellow… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
During the fifteen or twenty years in which I tried - it was not always easy with publishers, newspapers, etc. - to… — Jacques Derrida Copy Share Image
It requires twenty years for a man to rise from the vegetable state in which he is within his mother's womb, and… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The past is a curious thing. It's with you all the time. I suppose an hour never passes without your thinking of… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I've had a lot of things rendered as not being effective or as some indication of my lack of sanity, only to… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
