Degrees Quote by Bill Bryson

“Now as I stood on the roof of my house, taking in this unexpected view, it struck me how rather glorious it was that…

— Bill Bryson

To think historically is almost the same thing now as if in all ages history had been made according to theory.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

What I am is a thinking, feeling human being compelled by history.

— Avery Brooks

Human history, like all great movements, was cyclical, and returned to the point of beginning. The idea of indefinite progress in a right line…

— Edward Bellamy

History is just this froth of artifact production that has appeared in the last ten to fifteen thousand years. It spread across the planet…

— Terence McKenna

Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come.

— Stefan Zweig

Human history in essence is the history of ideas.

— H. G. Wells

I see history as really cyclical in terms of the intense idealism, and the desire to create a better life outside of societal norms.

— Lauren Groff

“History may not be a very practical study, but it teaches some useful lessons, one of which is that nothing is accidental, and that…

— Brooks Adams

Human history is, in essence, a history of ideas.

— H. G. Wells

The history of mankind is the history of ideas.

— Anonymous

All history is the history of thought,

— Robin G. Collingwood