History is the most patient of teachers. If Man doesn't get the lesson, it keeps repeating itself until he finally gets it.
Could we possible manage the next phase of human history without first dealing with this penchant for dehumanizing the adversary?
War is sometimes described as long periods of boredom punctuated by short moments of excitement. History is often similar, if rather safer.
The Victorian era was perhaps the last point in Western history when magic and science were allowed to coexist.
The study of history is an antidote to the hubris of the present – the idea that everything we have, everything we do and everything we think is the ultimate, the best.
I'm trying to deal with ideas about histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are constructed.
Somewhere, all the people we have loved and lost are still among us, in the house that we call history.
There are many examples of men in history who could give us a better mirror after which to pattern ourselves
Hitler is the rare individual who really did make history - specifically he made it worse.
Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
Captain Ramius: A great day comrades, we sail into history!
Brand: Well we got this far, further than any human in history. Cooper: Well not far enough!
Jack Horner: We're about to make film history, right here... on videotape.
People come and people go, but it's rare that one makes enough of an impact in life, that others will read as history.
What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?
The modeling world – and the world at large – is a pretty cruel place. It’s up to you to decide whether or not that turns you into a cruel person as well. Are you going to be mean and selfish because some of the people around you are, or are yo...
But now the world breaks in on us, the world is shocked, the world looks upon our idyll as madness. The world maintains that no rational man or woman would have chosen this way of life - therefore, it is madness. Alone I confront them and tell them t...
Shakespeare said that art is a mirror held up to nature. And that’s what it is. The nature is your nature, and all of these wonderful poetic images of mythology are referring to something in you. When your mind is trapped by the image out there so ...
Everything you do is connected to who you are as a person and, in turn, creates the person you are becoming. Everything you do affects those you love. All of life is covenant. Imbedded in the idea of prayer is a richly textured view of the world wher...
Still trying to save the world?” “Always,” I said, “and in case you haven’t noticed, it’s working. The world is still here.
There are times when the world is rearranging itself, and at times like that, the right words can change the world.
