#history

It is the creator of fiction's point of view; it is the character who interests him. Sometimes he wants to convince the reader that the story he is telling is as interesting as universal history. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#convince #creator #fiction #him #history

I have no history but the length of my bones. ↗

— Robin Skelton

#history #i #length

Jake was close to tears. In that moment he saw the world in its true light, as a place where nothing had ever been any good and nothing of significance done: no art worth a second look, no philosophy of the slightest appositeness, no law but served the state, no history that gave an inkling of how it had been and what had happened. And no love, only egotism, infatuation and lust. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

#history #love #pessimism #truth #art

I have a high regard for Native languages and the pivotal role they have played in our nation's history. ↗

— Rick Renzi

#history #i #languages #nation #native

I call on everyone of goodwill both in Ireland and abroad to join now in ensuring that the beginning of peace becomes a reality, before this year is out. Let us together open a new era in our history. ↗

— Albert Reynolds

#becomes #before #beginning #both #call

I'm an unabashed elitist. Everyone needs a good editor, and there is peril in worshiping amateurism and the unedited in science, art, and journalism. ↗

— K. Lee Lerner

#history #journalism #media #politics #science

Study the past if you would define the future. ↗

— Confucius

#future #history #learning #moving-forward #past

Yeah, I read history. But it doesn't make you nice. Hitler read history, too. ↗

— Joan Rivers

#hitler #i #make #nice #read

We also have to make sure our children know the history of women. Tell them the rotten truth: It wasn't always possible for women to become doctors or managers or insurance people. Let them be armed with a true picture of the way we want it to be. ↗

— Anne Roiphe

#always #armed #become #children #doctors

You know, I think the, the crucial thing, you know, we have put in place what is, is just simply the biggest, boldest recovery package in history, right; the stimulus package, biggest ever; the financial rescue, absolutely comprehensive; a housing plan - that is incredible medicine for the economy. And we fully expect it to work. ↗

— Christina Romer

#biggest #boldest #comprehensive #crucial #economy