#history

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery. ↗

— Albert Camus

#encounter #happy #history #misery #periods

History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#done #great #history #majority #passed

The Carter Center has the only existing international taskforce on disease eradication. Which means a total elimination of a disease on the face of the Earth. In the history of the world, there's only been one disease eradicated: smallpox. The second disease, I think, is gonna be guinea worm. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#carter #center #disease #earth #elimination

In my generation, history was taught in terms of grand figures, men on whom the destiny of the nation hinged, quintessential heroes. ↗

— Barry Unsworth

#figures #generation #grand #heroes #history

The history of Wall Street is inseparable from New York. ↗

— Ron Chernow

#inseparable #new #new york #street #the history of

I want no epitaphs of profound history and all that type of thing. I contributed. I would hope they would say that, and I would hope somebody liked me. ↗

— Brian Clough

#history #hope #i #liked #me

Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World. ↗

— Christopher Columbus

#following #left #light #old #old world

It's a huge challenge, a huge responsibility. Bond is a huge iconic figure in movie history. These opportunities don't come along very often so I thought, 'Why not?' ↗

— Daniel Craig

#bond #challenge #come #figure #history

Every great crisis of human history is a pass of Thermopylae, and there is always a Leonidas and his three hundred to die in it, if they can not conquer. ↗

— George William Curtis

#conquer #crisis #die #every #great

While we read history we make history. ↗

— George William Curtis

#make #read #while