Quotes by History Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory. Benjamin Disraeli inspirational-life biographies history Assassination has never changed the history of the world. Benjamin Disraeli historical change history Jews show so near an affinity to you... Where is your Christianity if you do not believe in their Judaism? Benjamin Disraeli christianity believe history Historians relate not so much what is done as what they would have believed. Benjamin Franklin historian done history The English love an insult. It's their only test of a man's sincerity. Benjamin Franklin tests men history You and I were long friends: you are now my enemy, and I am yours. Benjamin Franklin friendship long history The Nazis believed in a master race. The militant Islamists believe in a master faith. Benjamin Netanyahu race believe history Many scholars have complained of our tendency to see history only in conflicts, but I am not convinced they are right. It is in conflict that our values are exposed. Bernard Beckett tendencies conflict history Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second. Bernard Berenson comparison truth history History abhors determinism but cannot tolerate chance. Bernard DeVoto philosophy history art An extra-terrestrial philosopher, who had watched a single youth up to the age of twenty-one and had never come across any other human being, might conclude that it is the nature of human beings to grow continually taller and wiser in an indefinite progress towards perfection; and this generalization would be just as well founded as the generalization which evolutionists base upon the previous history of this planet. Bertrand Russell perfection science history A man without a bias cannot write interesting history - if indeed such a man exists. Bertrand Russell writing men history Change is scientific; progress is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy. Bertrand Russell change science history Peter Jones's is a vital public service. He reminds us that while we shouldn't live in the past, we are wiser and stronger when we live with it. Bettany Hughes stronger history past The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive. Betty Friedan lost-youth women history History is but the record of the public and official acts of human beings. It is our object, therefore, to humanize our history and deal with people past and present; people who ate and possibly drank; people who were born, flourished and died; not grave tragedians, posing perpetually for their photographs. Bill Nye history people past I've never cared that much for cementing my place in history. Sports is so transitory, so ephemeral. It just seems like so much nonsense comparing me to Helen Wills Moody or Suzanne Lenglen or anybody else from some other time. One lesson you learn from sports is that life goes on without you. Billie Jean King goes-on sports history If there is a single trait in our character that has historically set us apart from other nations, it is our determination to limit the authority of those who rule over us. Billy Bragg determination character history Hindsight is always twenty-twenty. Billy Wilder luck funny history In the United States those bits of our history that remain are paved over, sanitized, packaged for easy consumption. At those sites not already lost to commercial development, we walk between velvet ropes, herded by guides, warned not to touch. Our icons are preserved under glass, their magic demystified in glossy brochures. Biloine W. Young icons glasses history «4567891011121314»
