Quotes of: World-history Keyword

You don't have to be Jewish to understand the history of Europe in the 20th century, but it helps.

Tony Judt

In the history of pilot reports, 'Seinfeld' has got to be one of the worst of all time.

Warren Littlefield

The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.

William James

History repeats itself. That's one of the things wrong with history.

Clarence Darrow

There is the history of opinions which is hardly anything but a collection of human errors.

Voltaire

'London' is a gallery of sensation of impressions. It is a history of London in a thematic rather than a chronological sense with chapters of the history of smells, the history of silence, and the history of light. I have described the book as a laby...

Peter Ackroyd

Think of the most fussy science teacher you ever had. The one who docked your grade if the sixth decimal place in your answer was rounded incorrectly; who tucked in his periodic table T-shirt, corrected every student who said "weight" when he or she ...

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

One should never underestimate the role of stupidity in history

A History of Modern Iran

Nothing in the history of humankind has been disrespected as much as nature.

M.F. Moonzajer

I am probably the biggest equity investor in the history of modern Russia.

Alexander Lebedev

African American history is really American history because African Americans really helped build this country.

Don Lemon

It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man.

Henry David Thoreau

In the history of Wikileaks, nobody has claimed that the material being put out is not authentic.

Julian Assange

Never in the history of cinema has a medium entertained an audience. It's what you do with the medium.

John Lasseter

As an author of narrative history, I read a lot of history books.

Nathaniel Philbrick

I'm not interested so much in collaboration. You see that from the history of my albums.

Yoko Ono

I like to dream of my future better than the history of my past

George Bank jc

The book is the most technologically advanced invention in the history of humankind.

Life

TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will det...

Howard Zinn

It's all history out there, Clemens. Your history, my history. You and me, boy, not dates and things. You and me. That's what history is all about. How we came to be here, in the way we are, the clothes we wear.

Jeremy Visick

All history is present history in the sense that the concerns of the present are bound somehow to affect the way history is studied and written. All history is also personal, since it is impossible to avoid the influence of one's own opinions and pre...

Paul Cartledge