History shows how feeble are barriers of paper. John Lothrop Motley barrierfeeblehistory Change image and share on social
Those who have heard me speak from time to time know that quite often I cite the observation of that great American author, Mark Twain, who said, history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes. J. D. Hayworth americanauthorcite Change image and share on social
Never in the history of cinema has a medium entertained an audience. It's what you do with the medium. John Lasseter audiencecinemaentertain Change image and share on social
Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless. Honore de Balzac arthistoryhumanity Change image and share on social
Emerson was such an important figure in our literary history, and in the moral and religious development of our people, that attention cannot be directed to him too often. John Burroughs attentiondevelopmentdirect Change image and share on social
I'm somewhat horrified because I don't think the young people today even know what history is. Some of them don't' even study History at school anymore or Geography and they don't know where one place is from another. Joan Sutherland anymoregeographyhistory share on social
Every single immigrant is part of a larger history that needs to be communicated in all its ambivalences and complexities. Jim Goldberg ambivalencecommunicatecomplexity Change image and share on social
First, the year 2004, the year past, the Comptroller General of the United States, David A. Walker, said that arguably it was the worst year in American fiscal history, clearly setting our Nation on an unsustainable path. Jim Cooper americanarguablybad share on social
It took the first 204 years of our Nation's history to accumulate $1 trillion in debt. And now we are doing that every 2 or 3 years. Jim Cooper accumulatedebthistory Change image and share on social
To me, it was a sad fate to have been born into a period and a world where everything was in tip-top order, and the only real excitement was to be found in history books and occasionally also in the paper. Hans Jonas bearbookexcitement share on social
