#history

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

Whether a woman's running for office or she's supporting her husband who's running for office and she gets criticised for wearing open-toed shoes or for the colour of her coat, there's just a lot of history that you bear if you are a woman who puts herself out in the political arena. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#bear #coat #colour #criticised #gets

In a way, the history of jazz's development is a small mirror of classical music's development through the centuries. Now jazz is a living form of original music, while classical music has gotten to the end of its cycle in terms of exploring its form. ↗

— Mike Figgis

#classical #classical music #cycle #development #end

In economic panics throughout history, the wiping out of the savings accounts of lower earners and the middle class has often led to social revolution, sometimes violent upheavals. ↗

— Nick Clooney

#class #earners #economic #history #led

American history contains much matter for pride and congratulation, and much matter for regret and humiliation. ↗

— Herbert Croly

#american history #contains #history #humiliation #matter

A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas - a place where history comes to life. ↗

— Norman Cousins

#comes #delivery #famous #history #ideas

I feel like I'm part of history being made. I leave Apple board meetings thinking, 'I've got to do a better job.' ↗

— Andrea Jung

#being #better #better job #board #feel

The people who have really made history are the martyrs. ↗