#tory

Since creation of the E.U. a half century ago, Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history. ↗

— John Bruton

#century #creation #enjoyed #europe #half

My place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and not on what the people can do for me. ↗

— William Jennings Bryan

#for the people #history #i #i can #me

It makes sense to invest in new work. It's almost like having a research department in a scientific laboratory. You have to try things out. You'll make some bad mistakes. Some things will fail but at least you'll energise the organisation. ↗

— Gavin Bryars

#bad #department #fail #having #invest

According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979. ↗

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

#afghanistan #after #aid #army #began

We have actually experienced in recent months a dramatic demonstration of an unprecedented intelligence failure, perhaps the most significant intelligence failure in the history of the United States. ↗

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

#demonstration #dramatic #experienced #failure #history

Cause and effect, the riddle of all history, is a particular devil in financial history; and never more so than today, where entire classes of security are collapsing not on public exchanges and stock-tickers but because there are no markets to establish prices this side of nothing. ↗

— James Buchan

#cause #classes #collapsing #devil #effect

The truth is, of course, that history is not completed in modern commerce any more than philosophy is perfected in political economy. In other words, there is nothing timeless or God-given about filling stations and penicillin and plastic bags. ↗

— James Buchan

#any #bags #commerce #completed #course

Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience. ↗

— Jimmy Buffett

#audience #concert #instinct #into #me

I came, I saw, I conquered. ↗

— Julius Caesar

#came #conquered #i #i came #saw

If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#history #librarians #past #past history #people