But, as we have before been led to remark, most of Mr. Darwin's statements elude, by their vagueness and incompleteness, the test of Natural History facts. Richard Owen darwineludefact Change image and share on social
Unfortunately, we don't seem to learn from history, do we? And you'd think we would. Ridley Scott historylearn Change image and share on social
We have built a government so large and so expensive here in Washington that not even the richest economy in the history of mankind can afford it. That's how big it's gotten. Marco Rubio affordbigbuild Change image and share on social
I think also there's no question that Lincoln has been diluted down through history in some way, almost by becoming as iconic as he is, in a way he's become diluted. James Spader dilutehistoryiconic Change image and share on social
If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music and of aviation. Tom Stoppard ageaviationbeethoven 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
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
One thing that in my reporting that I found and was amazed to find was that, as far as I could determine, neither high-level White House officials in the Bush administration nor even the top brass at the CIA even knew the history of water boarding when they approved it. Scott Shane administrationamazeapprove share on social
Few dramas in American political history remain more riveting than that of Nixon's exit and Mr. Ford's reaction, at first halting and then decisive, to the looming possibility of a former president on criminal trial for months on end. Scott Shane americancriminaldecisive share on social
I think we fool ourselves and really negate a great deal of history if we think that the oral history of poetry is shorter than the written history of poetry. It's not true. Poetry has a longer oral tradition than it does written. Saul Williams dealfoolgreat share on social
