Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present.
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present.
Tag: history quotations
Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand however is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands it also seldom works properly.
Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand however is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands it also seldom works properly.
Antiquities are history defaced or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.
Antiquities are history defaced or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.
One of the enduring problems with certain societies in the world – and this is certainly true of a lot of places in the Middle East – is that the capacity for self-governance and self-organizing just isn't there. It has to do with history.
One of the enduring problems with certain societies in the world – and this is certainly true of a lot of places in the Middle East – is that the capacity for self-governance and self-organizing just isn't there. It has to do with history.
The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up.
The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up.
No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are.
No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are.
It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man not his history.
It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man not his history.
Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule or ever did rule.
Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule or ever did rule.
Minimalism seems closest to the sophisticated storytelling of movies. Movies have really educated contemporary audiences to be the most intelligent sophisticated audiences in history. We don't any longer need to have the relationship between one scene and the next explained. We will figure it out ourselves.
Minimalism seems closest to the sophisticated storytelling of movies. Movies have really educated contemporary audiences to be the most intelligent sophisticated audiences in history. We don't any longer need to have the relationship between one scene and the next explained. We will figure it out ourselves.
The happiest women like the happiest nations have no history.
The happiest women like the happiest nations have no history.
Nixon is one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides.
Nixon is one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides.
Today for the first time in history a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land once a distant outpost of the pagan world has become through the preaching of the Gospel a beloved and gifted portion of Christ's vineyard.
Today for the first time in history a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land once a distant outpost of the pagan world has become through the preaching of the Gospel a beloved and gifted portion of Christ's vineyard.