« All 18th Century Quotes
·
Alan Huffman's Page
18th Century Quotes by Alan Huffman
1 18th Century quote by Alan Huffman
More Quotes by Alan Huffman
Alan Huffman has 19 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
-
Anyone who was alive during the outbreak of the bubonic plague in the 14th century experienced something terrifyingly close to the widespread…
-
Left to their own devices, epidemic diseases tend to follow the same basic process: A virus or bacteria infects a host, who…
-
Without effective human intervention, epidemics and pandemics typically end only when the virus or bacteria has infected every available host and all…
-
Without an adequate response, an epidemic can develop into a pandemic, which generally means it has spread to more than one continent.
-
When President Teddy Roosevelt posed for the cameras astride a massive steam shovel during construction of the Panama Canal in 1906, it…
-
Historically, maritime travelers had to pass around the entire mass of North and South America, including the bottom tip, the tempestuous Cape…
-
Right up until the late 18th century, when the first weighted lines were used to probe the ocean depths, many people believed…
-
In our quest to define and describe the world, we have crisscrossed the oceans and continents, compiling exhaustive knowledge about its life…
-
Life feels more vivid in a conflict zone. It is clear what matters, and who you can count on, for what.
-
Conflict photographers grapple with two worlds that are themselves often in conflict - the one where bombs fall and bullets fly, where…
-
Architecture students are generally given theoretical projects, often located at distant locations, and told to come up with a design.
-
Aside from its parks and nature areas, Singapore is intensively developed, and due to the shortage of land, is building up, down…
See all 19 quotes by Alan Huffman »
More 18th Century Quotes
Popular 18th Century quotes from across the collection:
-
I do believe that our modern English usage has become way too clipped and austere. I have been reading excerpts from the…
— Geraldine Brooks
-
In fact, it was the largest expeditionary force of the 18th century. The largest, most powerful force ever set forth from Britain…
— David McCullough
-
I cannot agree with those who think of the Bill of Rights as an 18th century straitjacket, unsuited for this age...The evils…
— Hugo Black
-
The lessons of the First Amendment are as urgent in the modern world as the 18th Century when it was written. One…
— Anthony Kennedy
-
My favourite fellow of the Royal Society is the Reverend Thomas Bayes, an obscure 18th-century Kent clergyman and a brilliant mathematician who…
— Bill Bryson
-
The word crap is actually another word that's very, very old. It was taken over from 17th century England by the pilgrim…
— Unknown Author
-
When a finished work of 20th century sculpture is placed in an 18th century garden, it is absorbed by the ideal representation…
— Robert Smithson
-
To my three sons, Peter, Scott, and Alexander who pulled me from the 18th Century and back into the present on a…
— Joseph J. Ellis
-
I would still love to do more Handel. I think Handel was a fantastic composer. I did lots of Vivaldi, but it's…
— Cecilia Bartoli
-
Hamilton had one of those extraordinary 18th-century minds that touched on virtually every major topic of the day.
— Ron Chernow
-
We like democracy because why? The pathologies of the U.S. version are so obvious in the aftermath of the latest averted crisis…
— Noah Feldman
-
The theories of the major philosophers of the 18th century secular enlightenment were biblical and theological in spite of themselves.
— M H Abrams
See all 18th Century Quotes »
Browse Alan Huffman Quotes by Category