For me, history is always personal. And it's how your personal history interacts with the history of your time. I'm very attracted to characters who were cursed, as the Chinese say, to live in interesting times. Tom Reiss attractcharacterchinese share on social
I feel like history is about going and discovering the great human stories that just are every bit as relevant as anything that's going on today. Tom Reiss bitediscoverfeel Change image and share on social
As a writer, I can't be a heroic sword fighter like General Dumas, but I can rescue someone who's been taken out of history by using my writing to bring them back. Tom Reiss backbringduma Change image and share on social
In fact, there are more homeowners today than ever before in the history of our Nation and more minority homeowners than ever before in the history of our Nation. Todd Tiahrt facthistoryhomeowner Change image and share on social
President Obama is the most successful food stamp president in American history. I would like to be the most successful paycheck president in American history. Newt Gingrich americanfoodhistory Change image and share on social
As a filmmaker, you realize that places have character based on their history as much as a face does or an actor does. Ira Sachs actorbasecharacter Change image and share on social
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men. Thomas Carlyle biographygreathistory Change image and share on social
One would have to have completely forgotten the history of science so as to not remember that the desire to know nature has had the most constant and the happiest influence on the development of mathematics. Henri Poincare completelyconstantdesire share on social
In schools with a history of chaos, the teacher who can keep the classroom calm becomes virtually indispensable. Jonathan Kozol calmchaosclassroom Change image and share on social
The Deep South has a completely different history, both good and bad, that is fascinating for everybody. It makes people work together who usually don't, and that sounds like a cliche in so many ways, but it actually happened... and it happened because of a beautiful idea. Genevieve Gorder badbeautifulcliche share on social