#history

On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history was born. ↗

— Alfred de Vigny

#day #his #history #life #man

There is humor in the specter of the worst disaster in our nation's history. All I have to do is sweep away the debris of shock to find it. ↗

— Will Durst

#debris #disaster #find #history #humor

I was a pretty angry kid, and I got into military history largely as a way to vent my own anger. As I got older it narrowed down to a more specific focus on individual violence. I'm just trying to understand where it came from. ↗

— Caleb Carr

#angry #came #down #focus #got

There is a huge responsibility on all of us to get England through. It would be one of the biggest disasters in sports history if we blew it and we must make sure it does not happen. ↗

— Rio Ferdinand

#blew #disasters #does #england #get

The history of mankind is confined within a limited period, and from every quarter brings an intimation that human affairs have had a beginning. ↗

— Adam Ferguson

#beginning #brings #confined #every #had

For the first time in history we can track the evolution of a pandemic in real time. Influenza viruses are notorious for their rapid mutation and unpredictable behaviour. ↗

— Margaret Chan

#evolution #first #first time #history #influenza

Both the historian and the novelist view history as the struggle of a tiny minority, able and determined to make judgments, which is up against a vast and densely packed majority of the blind, who are led by their instincts and unable to think for themselves. ↗

— Lion Feuchtwanger

#against #blind #both #determined #historian

I think people in general have neglected to learn about history. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#general #history #i #i think #learn

Was the real Jesus of history one and the same as the Christ of faith whom we read about in the New Testament and worship in the church? Was Jesus really raised from the dead? Is he really the divine Lord of lords? ↗

— John Clayton

#christ #church #dead #divine #faith

Bush does not want to go down in history as the president who lost in Iraq. His strategy to the extent he has one is to hang tough and let whoever succeeds him take the fall. ↗

— Eleanor Clift

#does #down #extent #fall #go