Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it. John Adams costfreedomgeneration Change image and share on social
'The Art of the Brick' is an exhibition I've done where I've taken some works of art from art history and replicated them all out of Lego bricks. Nathan Sawaya artbrickexhibition Change image and share on social
History proves that most writers get forgotten anyway. That's very likely to happen to my books, and if I'm extremely lucky, maybe one of my books will survive. Michel Faber bookextremelyforget Change image and share on social
And religion causes most of the problems, war, and economics of course, and study your history or you're going to repeat it; and if you're burning a Harry Potter book you need some serious counseling, you don't get it, you're missing the whole point. Michael Berryman bookburncounseling share on social
The history of science has been one long series of violent brainstorms, as successive generations have come to terms with increasing levels of queerness in the universe. Richard Dawkins brainstormgenerationhistory Change image and share on social
Not unlike our country's history, my personal history was founded upon an unfortunate history of racial conflict between black and white. Jidenna blackconflictcountry Change image and share on social
The greatest country in the history of the world being attacked. So all of this doesn't mean very much today. Bud Selig attackcountrygreat Change image and share on social
The talk-box thing that T-Pain does is something new and different for this generation because they don't know about Zapp or Teddy Riley. I think he's creative and has made the talk-box his own in the hip-hop world, but if these young ones studied their musical history, they'd know that. Keith Sweat boxcreativegeneration share on social
The reality of life in Northern Ireland is that if you were Protestant, you learned British history, and if you were Catholic, you learned Irish history in school. James Nesbitt britishcatholichistory Change image and share on social
If good history is dispassionate history, it must naturally wait until the passions of the period subside. James Buchan dispassionategoodhistory Change image and share on social