Quotes of: Contemporary-history Keyword

Much of what we call History is the success stories of madmen.

Instead of Education: Ways to Help People Do Things Better

You know the saying: he who doesn't understand history is doomed to repeat it. And when it's repeated, the stakes are doubled.

I Am Number Four

When the British left, India was a multireligious, multiregional, multiethnic country, exploited, backward, and poor from colonialism.

India: An Illustrated History

There comes a moment in history when ignorance is no longer a forgivable offense... a moment when only wisdom has the power to absolve. - Bertrand Zobrist

Inferno

Beyond all sciences, philosophies, theologies, and histories, a child's relentless inquiry is truly all it takes to remind us that we don't know as much as we think we know.

Killosophy

breath is not aware of its history; it is just breath. I wish I could be like that, or love could be like that.

The Realm of Possibility

At the very dawn of history, the care of the sick was actually superior to what the great majority of mankind receive today when ill.

Rubies in the Sand

Fine,” he said. “You’re right. We’re not normal. We’re the most fucked-up, star-crossed lovers in history. So let’s not play nice.

Reaver

Do you not see how strange and wonderful that is? That all history balances on an affair of the human heart?

Ship of Destiny

If asked which words one associated with the Sahara, only the most dedicated surrealist might be expected to offer "whale".

The Sahara: A Cultural History

Does such a thing as "the fatal flaw," that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature?

The Secret History

it may be a superhuman effort to lose oneself so completely, but that’s nothing compared to the effort of getting oneself back again

The Secret History

P6-the sociological imagination enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within sociey.

The Sociological Imagination

Throughout history, people with new ideas—who think differently and try to change things—have always been called troublemakers.

Shadow Kiss

America is the world's top war-master; the most sophisticated killer-culture in history.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

All of history has pointed its refining focus to your life this moment.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

A life, a history, whole patterns of existence altered, simply by doing nothing. The silent lie. The act of omission.

The Memory of Love

It's not like I'm all into nostalgia and history, it's just that I can't stand the way things are now

Missin' (Novel)

Science is history arranged according to the superstition and taste of the moment. The vocabulary of scholars has no wit, no salt. These heavy tomes have no soul, they are filled with distress...

Moravagine

Throughout history, the most brutal cultures have always been distinguished by maternal-infant separation.

Mama: Love, Motherhood and Revolution

One’s own history can be the greatest educator

Navigating Life's Roadways: Stories of Insight from My Odyssey and Inspiration for Your Journey