When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas. M. H. Abrams graduateharvardhistory Change image and share on social
I started drumming around the same time I came across this part of American history. But there seemed to be a way forward playing drums. There didn't seem to be a way forward being fascinated by a piece of history. Phil Collins americandrumfascinate share on social
In history, the evidence is overwhelming: Stock market bottoms happen, and then stocks jolt upwards while the economy keeps getting worse - sometimes by a lot and for a long time. Kenneth Fisher badlybottomeconomy Change image and share on social
No one missed more basketball in the history of NBA than I did. I played 14 seasons, on the roster for 14 years, and I missed more than nine-and-a-half full seasons. Bill Walton basketballfullhalf Change image and share on social
There's a slippery slope in regard to authority. If you say that the history in Genesis is not true, then you can just take man's ideas as true. When you go outside of Scripture, why shouldn't you just reinterpret what marriage means? So our emphasis is on the slippery slope regarding authority. Ken Ham authorityemphasisgenesis share on social
Maybe we've been brainwashed by 130 years of Yankee history, but Southern identity now has more to do with food, accents, manners, music than the Confederate past. It's something that's open to both races, a variety of ethnic groups and people who move here. John Shelton Reed accentbrainwashconfederate share on social
I read a lot of history. The passive Jews in Germany didn't survive. The smart ones got out. Paul Mooney germanyhistoryjew Change image and share on social
Science cannot tell theology how to construct a doctrine of creation, but you can't construct a doctrine of creation without taking account of the age of the universe and the evolutionary character of cosmic history. John Polkinghorne accountagecharacter share on social
Wherever you go in the history of America, there have been Black people making contributions, but their contributions have been obscured, lost, buried. Henry Louis Gates americablackbury Change image and share on social
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. H. G. Wells catastropheeducationhistory Change image and share on social