Quotes of: Study-history Keyword

The true science and study of man is man.

Pierre Charron

One study found that people who smile in childhood photographs are less likely to get a divorce.

Jenna McCarthy

For me, the study of these laws is inseparable from a love of Nature in all its manifestations.

Murray Gell-Mann

There is not a single extant study that supports all the arguments against men being with their children. It's absolute bollocks.

Bob Geldof

I like to play football, read some books, study.

Andrew Luck

But I did not find any positive inspiration in my studies until I approached my nineteenth year.

Georg Brandes

The Bible is a study guide for social interaction.

Prince

I was fascinated by each area I studied, whether neurology, urology or surgery.

Tabare Vazquez

Mathematics should be studied if only for that it puts the mind in order.

Life

The trial of Ernst Zundel has gone down in Canadian history.

Ernst Zundel

And what after all, is death?? 'Tis but a cessation from mortal life; 'tis but the finishing of an appointed course; the refreshing inn after a fatiguing journey; the end of a life of cares and troubles; and, if happy, the beginning of a life of immo...

Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady

I was falling. Falling through time and space and stars and sky and everything in between. I feel for days and weeks and what felt like lifetime across lifetimes. I fell until I forgot I was falling.

The Catastrophic History of You and Me

You can obsess and obsess over how things ended—what you did wrong or could have done differently—but there's not much of a point. It's not like it'll change anything. So really, why worry?

The Catastrophic History of You and Me

We [Americans] became a nation of java junkies, wired from dawn to dusk intent on running faster, getting richer, dancing harder, playing longer and getting higher than anybody else.

The Devil's Cup: A History of the World According to Coffee

Lucian [of Samosata; 120-190 CE] was trying to make his audience laugh, rather than start a revolution

Doubt: A History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson

In short, this or that behavior wasn't good because scripture said so. Scripture mandated this or that behavior because it was good, and if it was already good before scripture said so, then it was good for some reason inherent to itself, some reason...

Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World through Islamic Eyes

In the decades following the Revolution, America changed so much and so rapidly that Americans not only became used to change, but came to expected and prize it.

Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815

Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, was diverted to finding means and devices to tame that democracy.

Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815

Virtue became less the harsh and martial self-sacrifice of antiquity and more the modern willingness to get along with others for the sake of peace and prosperity.

Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815

Why slum it where people were burdened by yesterday, and the day before, and the day before that? By history? Here, on the Island, they had learnt how to deal with history, how to sling it carelessly on your back and stride out across the download wi...

England, England

Irony is a treacherous servant; unless it's very carefully watched over, it has a tendency to expose the foolishness of its apparent master.

Epic Fail: Bad Art, Viral Fame, and the History of the Worst Thing Ever