Minimalism seems closest to the sophisticated storytelling of movies. Movies have really educated contemporary audiences to be the most intelligent, sophisticated audiences in history. We don't any longer need to have the relationship between one scene and the next explained. We will figure it out ourselves. Chuck Palahniuk on history
All humanity is passion without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual. Honore de Balzac on history
It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history. Malcolm Forbes on history
We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing. R. D. Laing on history
Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule. Jefferson Davis on history
History is a race between education and catastrophe. H. G. Wells on history
The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up. Henry Louis Gates on history
No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are. P. J. O'Rourke on history
One of the enduring problems with certain societies in the world - and this is certainly true of a lot of places in the Middle East - is that the capacity for self-governance and self-organizing just isn't there. It has to do with history. P. J. O'Rourke on history
Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time. Francis Bacon on history
Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly. Arthur Schopenhauer on history
The history of art is the history of revivals. Samuel Butler on history
Strangers are exciting, their mystery never ends. But, there's nothing like looking at your own history in the faces of your friends. Ani DiFranco on history
I am thankful the most important key in history was invented. It's not the key to your house, your car, your boat, your safety deposit box, your bike lock or your private community. It's the key to order, sanity, and peace of mind. The key is 'Delete.' Elayne Boosler on history
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present. Babatunde Olatunji on history
Little islands of human happiness, peace, and prosperity are so exceptional at this point in history that I'm not even sure we can draw lessons from them. P. J. O'Rourke on history
I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But that's now history. Colin Powell on history
It's very strange that most people don't care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations. Doug Coupland on history
We have wasted History like a bunch of drunks shooting dice back in the men's crapper of the local bar. Charles Bukowski on history
I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history. Morgan Freeman on history