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History is a race between education and catastrophe.

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 is probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are.

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 is not there. It has to do with history.

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.

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.

The history of art is the history of revivals.

Strangers are exciting, their mystery never ends. But, there is nothing like looking at your own history in the faces of your friends.

I am thankful the most important key in history was invented. It is not the key to your house, your car, your boat, your safety deposit box, your bike lock or your private community. It is the key to order, sanity, and peace of mind. The key is Delete.

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That is why we call it the present.

Little islands of human happiness, peace, and prosperity are so exceptional at this point in history that I am not even sure we can draw lessons from them.

I do not think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But that is now history.

It is very strange that most people do not care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations.

We have wasted History like a bunch of drunks shooting dice back in the men is crapper of the local bar.

I do not want a Black History Month. Black history is American history.

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.

If you think you have it tough, read history books.

But perhaps the rest of us could have separate classes in science appreciation, the wonder of science, scientific ways of thinking, and the history of scientific ideas, rather than laboratory experience.

A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life.

The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal.