As he enters his final term, with the elegiac music playing out there in the distance, Barack Obama will use the history that he has come to embody and, perhaps, even to fulfill, as part of a larger project that never will be completed but only finished, over and over again. Charlie Pierce barackcompletedistance share on social
The history of our country is cruel. We have to face those issues or, should I say, we had to. Not anymore I hope, because we are going in the right direction, and we are ready to forgive, ready to move on. Novak Djokovic anymorecountrycruel share on social
The history of horror movies goes back a long way... of people trying to convincingly be terrified when looking at a piece of tape on the side of the camera box. I have a whole new respect for it. Josh Hamilton backboxcamera Change image and share on social
Since my high school years, I have been interested in history, especially in Roman history, a topic on which I have read rather extensively. The Latin that goes with this kind of interest proved useful when I had to generate a few terms and names for cell biology. George Emil Palade biologycellextensively share on social
Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently. Charles Dudley Warner differentlyhistoryidle Change image and share on social
It is difficult to imagine any time in history when so many people claiming to be so free have lived in so much fear of being unattractive. Michael Leunig claimdifficultfear Change image and share on social
In October, 1865, occurred what was, in my eyes, the greatest event in the history of the observatory. The new transit circle arrived from Berlin in its boxes. Simon Newcomb arriveberlinbox Change image and share on social
I've been knocked down more than any heavyweight champion in history. Floyd Patterson championhaveheavyweight Change image and share on social
Value your freedom or you will lose it, teaches history. 'Don't bother us with politics', respond those who don't want to learn. Richard Stallman botherfreedomhistory Change image and share on social
History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other. Philip Guedalla historianhistoryrepeat Change image and share on social
