- Egyptians
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
History Quotes
Personal history and the record we leave.
Quotes about "history" here move between the personal and the public — early museum visits that shaped a scientific mindset, and a family history full of preachers and former priests. For enduring, timeless sayings, see Long quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Most people, throughout history, haven't learned one language to the exclusion of another. You learn to speak differently to a peasant and to a shoemaker. You speak differently to your mother, who comes from Burgundy, and to your father, who comes from Swabia.
- Name
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I want to etch my name into the history books myself, both at club and international level.
- Power
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
It should be self-evident that women have the right to make decisions about their own bodies. Yet throughout history, those in power - usually men - have tried to control women's bodies.
- Great
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
What I love about the stories of the Great Migration is that this is not ancient history; this is living history. Most people of color can find someone in their own family who had experienced a migration of some kind, knowing the sense of dislocation, longing and fortitude.
- Great
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I like to watch 'The Office' over and over and over again. It's great, one of the best shows in the history of television. But also, I like to read. I honestly don't like to socialize, because my job is to socialize.
- Bible
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible that in any profane history.
- Mind
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks.
- Most
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it.
- Only
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.
- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Every single administration in American political history has put cronies and pals and donors into political positions. But normally those people become the ambassador to Liechtenstein or the deputy undersecretary of commerce.
- Reading
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm not writing, I read loads of fiction, but I've been writing quite constantly lately so I've been reading a lot of nonfiction - philosophy, religion, science, history, social or cultural studies.
- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
History shows fans want consolidation; you see it across the web every place. The big players are people like Google, Amazon, eBay, Facebook.
- Pure
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
History proves abundantly that pure science, undertaken without regard to applications to human needs, is usually ultimately of direct benefit to mankind.
- Life
- |
- Nov 07, 2020