Quotes:Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life-blood of real civilisation (English Social
History)
View quotes by G M TrevelyanEvery civilizing step in
history has been ridiculed as 'sentimental', 'impractical', or 'womanish', etc., by those whose fun, profit or convenience was at stake.
View quotes by Joan GilbertHistory is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
View quotes by Ambrose BierceWe realised that the Japanese who came to Wimbledon were very interested in the
history of the British championships but were not getting the full benefit of the place.
View quotes by Ashley JonesHistory teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. (Speech in London, 1970)
View quotes by Abba EbanIt is my aim, and every effort bent, that the sum and
history of my life, which in the same sentence is my obit and epitaph too, shall be them both: He made the books and he died.
View quotes by William FaulknerThere is a self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its
history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge.
View quotes by Alfred North WhiteheadI'm so very proud to be a part of Playmate
history. It's such an honour to be one of 12 girls selected each year to represent Playboy all over the world!
View quotes by Lisa DerganAfterwards, in the dusty little corners where London's secret servants drink together, there was argument about where the Dolphin case
history should really begin
View quotes by John Le CarreAfterwards, in the dusty little corners where London's secret servants drink together, there was argument about where the Dolphin case
history should really begin
View quotes by John Le Carre'Now is not the time for sound-bites. I can feel the hand of
history on my shoulder' - On the signing of the Good Friday Agreement
View quotes by Tony BlairAmong the many misdeeds of the British rule in India,
history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest. ('Gandhi, An Autobiography')
View quotes by Mahatma GandhiA lawyer without
history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
View quotes by Sir Walter ScottChristian
history looks glorious in retrospect; but it is made up of constant hard choices and unattractive tasks, accepted under the pressure of the Will of God
View quotes by Evelyn UnderhillNo rational order of divine intelligence unites species. The natural ties are genealogical along contingent pathways of
history.
View quotes by Stephen Jay GouldSomeone asked me where my suit came from and I very nearly said: 'It's none of your business.' But people are interested now. [on winning a bafta, that mitchell and webb look was the most unfunny comedy in
history]
View quotes by David MitchellPornographers are the enemies of women only because our contemporary ideology of pornography does not encompass the possibility of change, as if we were the slaves of
history and not its makers.
View quotes by Angela CarterNo period of
history has ever been great or ever can be that does not act on some sort of high, idealistic motives, and idealism in our time has been shoved aside, and we are paying the penalty for it.
View quotes by Alfred North WhiteheadHistory, as it lies at the root of all science, is also the first distinct product of man's spiritual nature; his earliest expression of what can be called Thought
View quotes by Thomas CarlyleFrom the building of the temple of Solomon, which is also treated as a leading epoch in chronology, a new period in the
history of worship is accordingly dated - and to a certain extent with justice.
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