Argument Quote by Pieter Geyl Download Open image “History is an argument without end.” — Pieter Geyl ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Argument Ends History Inspirational Logic
History is either a moral argument with lessons for the here-and-now, or it is merely an accumulation of pointless facts. — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end. — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
Construed as a means instead of an end, history is the weapon with which we defend the future against the past. — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
They say that 'history is an argument without end.' In Thompson's skillful hands, this momentous argument between two old friends on the most critical… — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
History is a long and endlessly interesting argument, where evidence is everything and storytelling is everything else. — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
“History is above all else an argument. It is an argument between different historians; and, perhaps, an argument between the past and the present,… — John H. Arnold Copy Share Image
History can't be left to fend for itself. For when it comes to history and beliefs and values, we turn our future on the… — Max De Pree Copy Share Image
Imagination plays too important a role in the writing of history, and what is imagination but the projection of the author's personality. — Pieter Geyl Copy Share Image
A flourishing, morally credible media is a vital component in the maintenance of genuinely public talk, argument about common good. — Rowan Williams Copy Share Image
Preaching to the choir actually arms the choir with arguments and elevates the choir's discourse. There's a reason the right does it and does… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
Lutherans, whose arguments and mistakes will not be difficult to contest or discover, do not want to attribute any value to works, and they… — Michael Servetus Copy Share Image
Any comprehensive doctrine, religious or secular, can be introduced into any political argument at any time, but I argue that people who do this… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
As opposed to getting into arguments about, well, these folks have been treated fairly so now we're going to be doing things that, very… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There could be no more powerful argument against mixing religion and government than the success of independent African American churches in placing racial segregation… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
The inner defenses are unconscious. They consist of a kind of magic aura which the mind builds around cherished belief. Arguments which penetrate into… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
On the stage, the characters express themselves more through words than images. So the arguments of the characters and the tension between characters -… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
One argument goes that recessions are good for female artists because when money flies out the window, women are allowed in the house. The… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
All of the barriers to innovation in the energy sector are arguments for a big commitment to public investment. Only the public sector can… — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
“Arguments led by subjectivity are a waste of time. And, if they take place online, add to that, a waste of one’s keyboard.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Don't get divorced after your first argument! I have a lot of friends that have one fight and that's it, they get divorced. I… — Kelly Ripa Copy Share Image
