Human History Quotes

304 quotes by 245 authors

I've become sort of an accidental advocate for attachment parenting, which is a style of parenting that... basically, the way mammals parent and the way… — Mayim Bialik
I long for the time when all human history is taught as one history, because it really is. — Maya Angelou
More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together. And that, my… — Kofi Annan
Just as Darwin discovered the law of evolution in organic nature, so Marx discovered the law of evolution in human history; he discovered the simple… — Friedrich Engels
While it is unlikely that poetry or art shall eliminate the reality of war in the twenty-first century, it is thrilling to know there remain… — Aberjhani
Evolution on the large scale unfolds, like much of human history, as a succession of dynasties. — Edmund Beecher Wilson
War is a great destroyer. And human history has arrived at a pivotal moment. We can choose a path built on cooperation, where our caring… — Judith Hand
Nothing is more clear than that Christ cannot be explained by any humanistic system. He does not fit into any theory of natural evolution, for… — Loraine Boettner
It is too often forgotten that when the Europeans gained enough maritime skills and gunpowder to conquer most of the world, they not only colonized… — John Henrik Clarke
To take wine into your mouth is to savor a droplet of the river of human history. — Clifton Fadiman
This is perhaps the most beautiful time in human history; it is really pregnant with all kinds of creative possibilities made possible by science and… — Jonas Salk
After 5,000 years of recorded human history, you wonder, what part of 2,000,000 sunrises doesn't a pessimist understand? — Robert Breault
It would be wryly interesting if in human history the cultivation of marijuana led generally to the invention of agriculture, and thereby to civilization. — Carl Sagan
To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only… — Howard Zinn
One person can make all the difference in the world. For the first time in recorded human history, we have the fate of the whole… — Chrissie Hynde
Human history begins with man's act of disobedience which is at the very same time the beginning of his freedom and development of his reason. — Erich Fromm
We have been living amidst one of the great revolutions of human history, and we hardly know it: the penetration of the State into every… — Joseph Sobran
The dignity of the human person is a transcendent value, always recognized as such by those who sincerely search for the truth. Indeed, the whole… — Pope John Paul II
The six thousand years of human history form but a portion of the geologic day that is passing over us: they do not extend into… — Hugh Miller
[Theodore Roosevelt] was a naturalist on the broadest grounds, uniting much technical knowledge with knowledge of the daily lives and habits of all forms of… — John Burroughs

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