#the history of

The business, task or object of the scientific study of languages will if possible be 1) to trace the history of all known languages. Naturally this is possible only to a very limited extent and for very few languages. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

#extent #few #history #known #languages

Movie SF is, by definition, dumbed down - there have only been three or four SF movies in the history of film that aspire to the complexity of literary SF. ↗

— Dan Simmons

#been #complexity #definition #down #film

It is needless to say how great has been the influence of the doctrine of Evolution, or rather perhaps of the method of investigation to which it has given birth, upon the study of history, especially the history of institutions. ↗

— Goldwin Smith

#birth #doctrine #especially #evolution #given

The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality. ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

#history #long #long struggle #past #struggle

We found nothing grand in the history of the Jews nor in the morals inculcated in the Pentateuch. I know of no other books that so fully teach the subjection and degradation of woman. ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

#degradation #found #fully #grand #history

The history of nations shows that words are not always immediately followed by action. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#always #followed #history #immediately #nations

When I came to the CIA in the mid-'90s, our graduating class of case officers was unbelievably low. Now, after years of rebuilding, our training programs and putting our best efforts to recruit the most talented men and women, we are graduating more clandestine officers than at any time in the history of the Central Intelligence Agency. ↗

— George Tenet

#agency #any #best #came #case

Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out. ↗

— G. M. Trevelyan

#history #left #might #negatively #out

I'm truly worried about the country's direction. I can tell you this categorically, we've got the weakest president and the weakest governor in the history of my 50 years of public service. ↗

— Fritz Hollings

#categorically #country #direction #got #governor

You have it within your grasp to be regarded as one of the greatest legislative sessions in the history of the state. If you're bold and if you're ready to aggressively reach for our future, all the ingredients are here. The opportunities are waiting for us. ↗

— Dirk Kempthorne

#bold #future #grasp #greatest #here