Future Quote by Arthur C. Clarke

The history of empires is the history of human misery.

— Edward Gibbon

The history of empires is the record of human misery; the history of the sciences is that of the greatness and happiness of mankind.

— Edward Gibbon

History is made of empires, and the United States was by far and away the greatest, richest, and fairest empire that had every dominated…

— Lionel Shriver

In the course of history, all empires have been created with premeditation, by an effort often sustained over several generations. Every power has been…

— Andre Malraux

“History is supposed to be an accurate, and full, account of what actually happened. Politics is never about what actually happened. Politics is always…

— Neale Donald Walsch

I have never seen an adequate description anywhere of the amazement, the uncomprehending horror of the bulk of the American people which preceded the…

— Rebecca Harding Davis

here are the top three global resources getting scarcer in the twenty-first century: ozone layer, rain forest, people eager to read the fiction of…

— Sandra Tsing Loh

Written history may, in the course of its narrative, use some of the laws established by the various sciences, but its own task remains…

— Lloyd deMause

For thousands of years, men have written history, so it seems to me that most of what we've read is from the male point…

— Stacy Schiff

There is something eternal in the very nature of writing, as is so graphically illustrated by the scriptures themselves. In a very real sense,…

— John H. Groberg

But, sir, they have written me down upon the history of the country as worthy of expulsion, and in no unkindness I must tell…

— Preston Brooks

My whole written history is one big lie! I mean, I can't even believe my history.

— Dennis Hopper