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304 Human History quotes by 239 unique authors

Human history is the sad result of each one looking out for himself. — Julio Cortazar
A good friend, who knows whereof he speaks, has observed of trials, ‘If it’s fair, it is not a true trial!’ That is, without the… — Neal A. Maxwell
Initially I was very encouraged. Unfortunately, the mainstream media now seems far more interested in what I said when I was 17 or what my… — Edward Snowden
Human history is not the battle of good struggling to overcome evil. It is a battle fought by a great evil struggling to crush a… — Vasily Grossman
Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little. — Banksy
One of the most pathetic aspects of human history is that every civilization expresses itself most pretentiously, compounds its partial and universal values most convincingly,… — Reinhold Niebuhr
It is clear that this essential Christian doctrine gives a new value to human nature, to human history and to human life which is not… — Christopher Dawson
Extending over more than a century and including most nations of the globe, the cause of woman suffrage has been one of the great democratic… — Ellen DuBois
Americans and other Westerners who want their families to enjoy the blessings of life in a free society should understand that the life we've led… — Mark Steyn
The progressive Left can be in favor of Big Government or population control but not both. The mutual incompatibility is about to plunge Europe into… — Mark Steyn
Knowing how to deal with change effectively is a primary requirement for living successfully in perhaps the most exciting time in all of human history — Brian Tracy
To be hopeful in bad times is based on the fact that human history is not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage,… — Howard Zinn
We will soon create intelligences greater than our own ... When this happens, human history will have reached a kind of singularity, an intellectual transition… — Vernor Vinge
Here I had tried a straightforward extrapolation of technology, and found myself precipitated over an abyss. It's a problem we face every time we consider… — Vernor Vinge
It is already becoming clear that a chapter which had a Western beginning will have to have an Indian ending if it is not to… — Arnold J. Toynbee
Every civilization sees itself as the center of the world and writes its history as the central drama of human history. — Samuel P. Huntington
The creation story unfurling within the scientific enterprise provides the fundamental context, the fundamental arena of meaning, for all the peoples of the Earth. For… — Brian Swimme
The Second World War is the largest single event in human history, fought across six of the world's seven continents and all it oceans. It… — John Keegan
True religion is a universal and (necessarily) ego-transcending psycho-physical motivation of human beings. However, up to the present stage in human history, only relatively few… — Adi Da
The 20th century gave rise to one of the greatest and most distressing paradoxes of human history: that the greatest intolerance and violence of that… — Alister E. McGrath
Within a few decades, machine intelligence will surpass human intelligence, leading to The Singularity -- technological change so rapid and profound it represents a rupture… — Ray Kurzweil
The idea of nature contains, though often unnoticed, an extraordinary amount of human history. — Raymond Williams
The apologists for space science always seem over-impressed by engineering trivia and make far too much of non-stick frying pans and perfect ball-bearings. To my… — James Lovelock
The tragedy of human history is decreasing happiness in the midst of increasing comforts. — Chinmayananda Saraswati
It is my opinion that human history can make no sense unless evil doings are recognized for what they are, and that they are bearable… — Simon Conway Morris

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