If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: 'President Can't Swim.' Lyndon B. Johnson afternoonheadlinemorning Change image and share on social
History furnishes thousands of examples of men who have seized occasions to accomplish results deemed impossible by those less resolute. Prompt decision and whole-souled action sweep the world before them. Orison Swett Marden accomplishactiondecision share on social
All history is incomprehensible without Christ. Ernest Renan christhistoryincomprehensible Change image and share on social
History should belong to all of us, and it needs to include people from different cultural backgrounds. Otherwise, it risks becoming irrelevant to children, who could then become disenchanted with education. Malorie Blackman backgroundbelongchild share on social
Early on, I said to myself that I would like to write a kind of moral and spiritual history of a place. It sounds a little pretentious, I know. But that's really what I set for myself. Horton Foote earlyhistorykind Change image and share on social
Democracy is but an experiment in the long history of the world. Mark McKinnon democracyexperimenthistory Change image and share on social
History is Philosophy teaching by example. Thucydides historyphilosophyteach Change image and share on social
England has a long history of supporting alternative medicine - maybe it's because they don't have such a strong pharmaceutical industry in England, and homeopathy has been taught and promoted there for hundreds of years. Dasha Zhukova alternativeenglandhistory share on social
Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. Gustave Flaubert historyignoranceslander Change image and share on social
Art has this ability to allow you to connect back through history in the same way that biology does. I'm always looking for source material. Jeff Koons abilityartback Change image and share on social
