Between the postwar fifties - domesticity, people happy to be alive after the Second World War, wanting to build a home, make… — Sally Potter Copy Share Image
I read all the books I could find about manners, and the extraordinary thing was, in all books up to the end… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
No matter what is happening in life or in the world - war, natural disaster, poor health, pain, the death of loved… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
“Sir Winston Churchill was born into the respected family of the Dukes of Marlborough. His mother Jeanette, was an attractive American-born British… — Captain Hank Bracker Copy Share Image
Part of what I loved - and love - about being around older people is the tangible sense of history they embody.… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
If you look at the First World War, the Kaiser was actually, actively buying a lot of the armaments from Britain! in… — Jacqueline Winspear Copy Share Image
I have an uncle who was heavily involved in World War 2, so over the years, I've talked to him many times. — Michael Giacchino Copy Share Image
Although humans have existed on this planet for perhaps 2 million years, the rapid climb to modern civilization within the last 200… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
“Yemen was, in the years prior to World War I, the ‘Vietnam’ of the Ottoman Empire, but not that of Egypt. In… — Fred Halliday Copy Share Image
Women who had discovered pants, low-heeled shoes, and loose sweaters during World War II were reluctant to give them up in peacetime. — Susan Faludi Copy Share Image
My mom, Irmelin, taught me the value of life. Her own life was saved by my grandmother during World War II. — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
Even today, after the second failure of another world war, perhaps one can speak of a third war, one fought piecemeal, with… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
In the time of my parents, before World War One, most people who came to New Zealand from Europe were the more… — Maurice Wilkins Copy Share Image
All the other large and small nationalities and peoples are destined to perish before long in the revolutionary world storm... The next… — Friedrich Engels Copy Share Image
I think I governed effectively. I don't have any doubts about that. I had the benefit, when I was in office, of… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“The man with the Charlie Chaplin mustache, who had been a down-and-out tramp in Vienna in his youth, an unknown soldier of… — William L. Shirer Copy Share Image
“The moral of "The Three Bears," for instance, is "Never break into someone else's house." The moral of "Snow White" is "Never… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
“The challenge to which these two groups responded was the interdependence of human kind, North and South, Rich and Pool, Industrialised and… — Prince Charles HRH the Prince of Wales Copy Share Image
“It wasn't that we didn't know history. Even if you only count the real world, we knew more history than most people.… — Jo Walton Copy Share Image
I have seen periods of progress followed by reaction. I have seen the hopes and aspirations of Negroes rise during World War… — Bayard Rustin Copy Share Image
In the Second World War, they're talking about the Japanese traitors and putting them into concentration camps. But companies like DuPont had… — Rob Walton Copy Share Image
“There is life after death, happiness after misery, and the chance to create new memories that replace the old.” — The Doctor’s… — Shari J. Ryan Copy Share Image
“During the Second World War, China, briefly united under Chiang Kai-shek, was split into pieces controlled by the Kuomintang, the Japanese, the… — Gordon G. Chang Copy Share Image
