The real 1960s began on the afternoon of November 22, 1963. It came to seem that Kennedy’s murder opened some malign trap door in American culture, and the wild bats flapped out. – Lance Morrow
The man who first gave history a recognized place in science was an ancient historian. – James Henry Breasted
I really love travelling to places where I get to learn something new about a new group of people or a new place. Learn some history, contemplate some business ideas, and sort of get off the beaten track a little bit. – Leila Janah
History has shown us all too often the consequences of dreaming poorly or not at all. – Jeff Vandermeer
I like stories in specific time periods. ‘The Revenant’s’ era of American history was fascinating because it was this lawless no-man’s land. It defined the idea of the American frontiersman as man conquering nature. In a way, the story of Hugh Glass is about man dominating nature. – Leonardo DiCaprio
It is as if Clinton had called one of the most respected character witnesses in all of U.S. history to testify that the primal urge has a most distinguished presidential pedigree. – Joseph J. Ellis
At no time in history have we succeeded in making, in a timely fashion, a specific vaccine for more than 260 million people. – Laurie Garrett
This was a tragic event in human history, but by paying tribute to the Armenian community we ensure the lessons of the Armenian genocide are properly understood and acknowledged. – Jerry Costello
But Maastricht was not the end of history. It was a first step towards a Europe of growth, of employment, a social Europe. That was the vision of Francois Mitterrand. We are far from that now. – Laurent Fabius
The Communist regime didn’t consider this to be a shining moment in history and assigned no heroism to it. They classified it as merely an accident. – Kathryn Bigelow
Commemorations can stimulate debate, which will ultimately lead to a greater understanding of the events of our ‘through-other’ history and to shape a better future. – Martin McGuinness
Women have been the most persecuted people throughout all of recorded history, more than any race or religion. – Leonardo DiCaprio
Every coal miner I talked to had, in his history, at least one story of a cave-in. ‘Yeah, he got covered up,’ is a way coal miners refer to fathers and brothers and sons who got buried alive. – Jeanne Marie Laskas
I am not a fan of historical fiction that is sloppy in its research or is dishonest about the real history. – Kate Mosse
The script was always the most important thing to me and I loved the script. For one thing, I’ve always admired trees. I just worship them. Think what trees have witnessed, what history, such as living through the Civil War, yet they still survive. – Kim Novak
I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of the black inventors of the 19th century. – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I was feeling a strong need to change, grow, and break with particular things that were going on in my life and my history, and the material was the perfect answer for that. – Jim Hodges
1926 was the most significant year. Looking back, it seems that it was not just a year in the sense of time. It was a year of great realisation or awareness. It seems to me that at certain times of the history of man, the understanding of certain situations ripens. – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission. – Lion Feuchtwanger
History is full of times when the inevitable front-runner is inevitable right up until he or she is no longer inevitable. – Martin O’Malley
A lot of young players don’t really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork. – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Great men are usually the products of their times and one of the men developed by these times takes rank with the greatest railroad leaders in history. – John Moody
I love the ideas of looking back to historical heroes to give us inspiration on how we can be today’s heroes to move forward in the future. So guys like… William Bradford and William Wallace, the Bravehearts, the Patriots, the Pilgrims. There are so many of those people throughout history… whose stories have just never been told. – Kirk Cameron
All that is noble in the world’s past history, and especially the minds of the great and the good, are never lost. – James Martineau
With the reorganization of 1898 finished, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad entered a new period in its history. – John Moody
I’m beyond thrilled to be working with Faber, whose literary history is second to none. And I’m even more excited to bring my books to a wider audience in the U.K. – John Corey Whaley