Has beens Quote by Rebecca West

A period is just the beginning of a lifelong sentence

— Cathy Crimmins

If good history is dispassionate history, it must naturally wait until the passions of the period subside.

— James Buchan

The history of mankind is confined within a limited period, and from every quarter brings an intimation that human affairs have had a beginning.

— Adam Ferguson

“Historical periodization always tells a story. It is a narrative device for putting meaning into the flux of historical process - creating protagonists, heroes,…

— James Ferguson

I don't worry whether the period is contemporary or three hundred years ago. Human beings are all alike.

— Genevieve Bujold

Punitive murder by the police and by vigilantes has existed in all societies at some point, and probably still exists in most.

— Teju Cole

“Much of the study of history is a matter of comparison, of relating what was happening in one area to what was happening elsewhere,…

— Louis L'Amour

In some ways, I believe that we are moving into a post-historical period, for lack of a better term. A time when whatever functioned…

— Mark Pesce

If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

One might think, that a period which, within fifty years, uproots, enslaves or kills seventy million human beings, should only, and forthwith, be condemned.…

— Albert Camus

If you study the history of mankind, it seems to be a history of violence. Certainly the history of art, whether you look at…

— Ethan Hawke

The world is ruled by violence, or at least the imminent threat of violence. It always has been.

— John Malkovich