Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Quotes

Besides numerous science courses, I had the opportunity to study philosophy, the history of architecture, economics, and Russian history in courses taught by extraordinarily knowledgeable professors.

Even as I pursued a doctorate in the history of ideas in my native Denmark, I realized I had neither the encyclopedic training nor the passion for cool logic - not to mention the nerve - to follow in the footsteps of classical liberal philosophers and economists such as Robert Nozick, Friedrich Hayek, and Milton Friedman.

Random forays into the history of political language with undue regard for the detail of historical context all too often end up as exercises in self confirmation.

To write about history or language is supposed to be within the reach of every man. To write about natural science is allowed to be within the reach only of those who have mastered the subjects on which they write.

The history of the African American community is one of enduring, relentless struggle with a vision of accepting nothing less than full social and economic equality.

When I look back, some of the greatest people in the history of the world have created things where paths have never been with such resiliency.

The WWE Championship is the greatest championship in the history of this sport. It has the most history of anything.

If the angel Gabriel came to me and said, 'Look, I'm willing to take your soul now and give it back to you at any period of time in the history of the nation of Israel, from the very beginning to this very day' - I think I would not think of any other time except for when Moses brought down the Ten Commandments from Mount Sinai.

I find humanism to be the most rational and positive philosophy for life. And it's not a new thing at all - the history of humanist thought is deep and inspiring.

It's really impressive what those like Messner and Walter Bonatti have done - they are a big part of the history of alpinism.

The history of Pantera speaks for itself.

Between Trump's election and Brexit, there were all sorts of opinions coming out of the woodwork that I thought had died out a long time ago. I was like, 'What's the point?' All we do is bad things. The history of humanity is the history of people exploiting each other.

In high school, I was very good in math and physics. I wasn't good at much of anything else. Some people are good at a lot of things. I don't know how they choose what to do.

I know Leeds have had a few Scottish captains but I don't look too much to that because you can get lost in the history of the club. There's so much good history but it's all about the present and the future.

The Negro League had some of the best players in history. Satchel Paige was probably one of the best pitchers in the history of baseball, and many believe catcher Josh Gibson was a better hitter than Babe Ruth.

I always wanted to be one of the best, make a mark on the history of the game. For me, for my country, for my family.

I feel very honoured to be joining the Ferrari family and becoming a part of the most prestigious team in the history of Formula One.

I love 'Frontline.' It's the best TV show in the history of television.

I was always pretty interested in my history. Not just the history of the Caribbean, the history of my people, but all walks of life.

History belongs to everyone. I don't think you have to give up scholarly standards. But I also don't think you want to write something that is impenetrable. You try as hard as you can to be readable.

The scope of the history of women is so underplayed and not told as often as it should be.

It's one of the tragedies of the modern university that it offers little space to generalists.

If you look over the history of cinema, changes happen when directors embrace new tools and technology and think outside the box.

Distorting the history of World War II, denying the crimes of genocide and the Holocaust as well as an instrumental use of Auschwitz to attain any given goal is tantamount to desecration of the memory of the victims whose ashes are scattered here.

I think about the history of racism in this country all the time.