Historically Quotes

299 quotes by 276 authors

Historically and politically, the petit-bourgeois is the key to the century. The bourgeois and proletariat classes have become abstractions: the petite-bourgeoisie, in contrast, is everywhere,… — Roland Barthes
To me the female principle is, or at least historically has been, basically anarchic. It values order without constraint, rule by custom not by force.… — Ursula K. Le Guin
A relatively small and eternally quarrelsome country in Western Europe, fountainhead of rationalist political manias, militarily impotent, historically inglorious during the past century, democratically bankrupt,… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
American power confers benefits on most inhabitants of the planet, even on many who dislike it and some who actively oppose it, because the United… — Michael Mandelbaum
Yes, violence begets more violence, but historically this has been the way of the world. — Meshell Ndegeocello
Sophomore records are historically really difficult. — Karen O
Historically, the responsibility for voting on the debt limit has gone to the party in the majority. — Jacob Lew
Historically, the Republicans have been geniuses at throwing away advantages. — Bob Packwood
I think my message goes out to the entire spectrum of political parties. I'm supported by the Tea Party, the Conservative Party and the Republican… — Carl Paladino
The United States is historically a nation of immigrants. — Charles Rangel
Country music historically has been sort of middle-aged people's music. — John Shelton Reed
Society historically has a difficult time with the concept of something new and foreign that shakes up our comfortable views, especially if it involves the… — Mercedes Ruehl
Historically, if you look at great civilizations, why do they crumble? Is it because of what's outside or because of something internal? It's always internal.… — Phylicia Rashad
Well, I think it can be quite helpful to be working on a character who actually existed, historically. Of course, you might have material to… — Gaspard Ulliel
Historically, large-scale global trade has served two functions: 1) the exchange of goods between willing sellers and buyers described in Econ 101 textbooks; 2) as… — Charles C. Mann
Historically, the minority party in Congress votes against raising the debt limit, forcing the majority party to whip its members into casting politically painful votes… — Peter Welch
The church has historically been very slow to embrace technology. Until very recently, their idea of a laptop was an altar boy. — Bill Maher
Germans respond well to lies. At least, they always have historically. — P.J. O'Rourke
The state, frankly, could care less. Historically, the state has been able to use any religious point of view for its own ends. . .… — Peter McWilliams
Free software is part of a broader phenomenon, which is a shift toward recognizing the value of shared work. Historically, shared stuff had a very… — Mark Shuttleworth

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