Not only is history useless, but the historian should take pride in its uselessness.
On the Nature of History : Essays about History and DissidenceTruly, was the father of all thought in natural history in the second half of the 18th century.
Ernst W. MayrWe moderns are great compartmentalizers, perhaps never more so than when hungry.
Cooked: A Natural History of TransformationWhen you don't have to ask for permission innovation thrives.
Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of InnovationMy native tense is future conditional, a low simmer of unspecified worry being the usual condition.
Cooked: A Natural History of TransformationWhat desire can be contrary to nature since it was given to man by nature itself?
Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of ReasonBut that's the challenge -- to change the system more than it changes you.
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four MealsWhen chickens get to live like chickens, they'll taste like chickens, too.
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals