A day spent praising the earth and lamenting man's pollutionist history makes you feel like a superior, sensitive soul. Russell Baker on history
For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power in Washington. Bill Moyers on history
There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history. James Lovelock on history
Anything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen as heading toward catastrophe. Susan Sontag on history
I thought I had to make an impact on history. I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission. Posterity deals with us however it sees fit. But I gave it 20 years of my best shot. Twyla Tharp on history
Great writing can be done in biography, history, art. V. S. Naipaul on history
To be converted you have to destroy your past, destroy your history. You have to stamp on it, you have to say 'my ancestral culture does not exist, it doesn't matter.' V. S. Naipaul on history
This empire, unlike any other in the history of the world, has been built primarily through economic manipulation, through cheating, through fraud, through seducing people into our way of life, through the economic hit men. I was very much a part of that. John Perkins on history
In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss. Salman Rushdie on history
There is a widespread difficulty in the Muslim world, which has to do with how the people are taught about examining their own history. A whole range of stuff has been placed off limits. Salman Rushdie on history
Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history such is the history of civilization for thousands of years. Mao Zedong on history
Judged by the law of England, I know this crime entails upon me the penalty of death but the history of Ireland explains that crime and justifies it. Thomas Francis Meagher on history
Throughout history no one has suffered more than God. He has suffered because his own children fell away from him. Ever since the Fall, God has been working tirelessly for the restoration of mankind. People do not know this brokenhearted aspect of God. Sun Myung Moon on history
I don't see women and think of them as competition or with judgment. Women really move me. I feel connected to all kinds of women. I am angry because I think we've been mistreated throughout history in different countries, including America. I admire women. Salma Hayek on history
A year is an eternity in politics - though less than a moment in history. Eliot Spitzer on history
We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free. Jim DeMint on history
The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future. Lord Acton on history
Some might think that George W. Bush had his shortcomings, but let me tell you something - history's going to be kind to George W. Bush. J. C. Watts on history
Anybody who comes to the cinema is bringing they're whole sexual history, their literary history, their movie literacy, their culture, their language, their religion, whatever they've got. I can't possibly manipulate all of that, nor do I want to. David Cronenberg on history
I just read an 800-page history of the Scottish Enlightenment and, honestly, I may as well just start it again now, because I cannot remember a single thing. I can barely remember where Scotland is. Hugh Laurie on history