I like reading about the past. I'm definitely not a history buff, but I do read a bit of history now and again, and to do that for work is really exciting. James McAvoy bitebuffexcit Change image and share on social
When I was in school, all our history books were American, so we learned American history, not Canadian history. Dave Foley americanbookcanadian Change image and share on social
If some peoples pretend that history or geography gives them the right to subjugate other races, nations, or peoples, there can be no peace. Ludwig von Mises geographyhistorynation Change image and share on social
Evil is such a simplistic way to describe any character, be it Iago or Caliban, or any character from history. Denis O'Hare calibancharacterdescribe Change image and share on social
I think I've achieved some good things; doing the first genome in history - my team on that was phenomenal and all the things they pulled together; writing the first genome with a synthetic cell; my teams at the Venter Institute, Human Longevity, and before that Celera. Craig Venter achieveceleracell share on social
There's a difference between knowing what's on the page in a history book and actually feeling that page have curves and valleys. Garth Brooks bookcurvedifference Change image and share on social
Since the middle of the 20th century, more has been learnt about the ocean than during all preceding human history; at the same time, more has been lost. Sylvia Earle 20thcenturyhistory Change image and share on social
If a strong government finds that it can, with impunity, destroy a weak people, then the hour has struck for that weak people to appeal to the League of Nations to give its judgment in all freedom. God and history will remember your judgment. Haile Selassie appealdestroyfind share on social
One of the biggest things I understood in a program like that was that it allowed more young African American scholars to do field research in the Caribbean and in Africa than had ever happened before in the history of the country and since. Bernice Johnson Reagon africaafricanallow share on social
By the time Florence Nightingale got her neurotic hands on Cleopatra, she had been mangled beyond recognition by both history and literature. Stacy Schiff cleopatraflorencehand Change image and share on social
