#historic

All societies are historical. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#societies

Many novelists take well-defined, precise characters, whose stories are sometimes of mediocre interest, and place them in an important historical context, which remains secondary in spite of everything. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#context #everything #historical #important #interest

The Odyssey is the story of Americans up to the point where they are well-established, and even so it is detached from the historical side. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#even #historical #odyssey #point #side

Islam, the third in historical sequence of the ethical monotheistic religions of the Near East, was very successful in establishing its monotheism, but had only very moderate success in spreading its version of Jewish and Christian ethics to the Arabs. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

#christian #east #establishing #ethical #ethics

Why would you create a movie for black people if you don't understand the history and perspective of the people you are doing it for? You need historical perspective to make sound decisions. ↗

— Tim Reid

#create #decisions #doing #historical #history

A stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories. ↗

— Andy Goldsworthy

#historical #ingrained #memories #stone

It's appropriate to celebrate public service, and the thoughtful people who choose to serve. They symbolize what is good and decent about this historic citizen legislature, and we thank them. ↗

— Robert. L. Ehrlich

#appropriate #celebrate #choose #citizen #decent

We've evolved from sitting back on our tripods and shooting wildlife films like they have been shot historically, which doesn't work for us. ↗

— Steve Irwin

#been #evolved #films #historically #like

My own being can be judged by the depths I reach in making these historical origins my own. ↗

— Karl Jaspers

#depths #historical #i #judged #making

The candidate out front on Labor Day has historically been the one who stayed ahead in November. ↗

— Peter Jennings

#been #candidate #day #front #historically