Danh ngôn thuộc danh mục: history

Millions of people gave their lives fighting fascism and imperialism, but Pearl Harbor was the event that forever changed the course of human history.

The price of diamonds can vary greatly depending on size, cut, color, and other factors, including whether they have a history. But because of the rarity of blue boron diamonds, they often fetch more money than gems of similar quality.

Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment.

Legend remains victorious in spite of history.

What satellites help to show us is we've actually only found a fraction of a percent of ancient settlements and sites all over the world... It's the most exciting time in history to be an archaeologist.

We've got to map all of our ancient history before it's gone because, let's face it, if we don't have a common heritage to share, something to get excited about, then what are we living for?

When you think about archaeology, archaeology is the only field that allows us to tell the story of 99 percent of our history prior to 3,000 B.C. and writing.

The arrow of time doesn't move forward forever. There's a phase in the history of the universe where you go from low entropy to high entropy. But then, once you reach the locally maximum entropy you can get to, there's no more arrow of time.

The Shield had run its course as a three-man group, and we'll go down in history as one of the greatest factions of all time.

I'm a closet nerd. I love to study history and visit museums.

The evil of slavery and colonialism was that these oppressions kept their victims out of history, disconnected them from the evolutionary struggle.

The Jews' greatest contribution to history is dissatisfaction! We're a nation born to be discontented. Whatever exists we believe can be changed for the better.

I want history to remember me... not as the first black woman to have made a bid for the presidency of the United States, but as a black woman who lived in the 20th century and who dared to be herself. I want to be remembered as a catalyst for change in America.

I wanted to make sure that the man who found the genie would not take terrible advantage of her, so he needed to be a person of integrity and honor - which is why I made the male lead an astronaut. The rest, as they say, is history.

The history of man is the history of crimes, and history can repeat. So information is a defence. Through this we can build, we must build, a defence against repetition.

When history looks back, I want people to know that the Nazis could not kill millions of people with impunity.

Our culture's obsession with vintage objects has rendered us unable to separate history from nostalgia. People want heart. They want a chaser of emotion with their aesthetics.

We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.

It is important for all of us to appreciate where we come from and how that history has really shaped us in ways that we might not understand.

Peaceful protest is a hallmark of our democracy. It has been in impetus for social change throughout our history.

In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour.

Stonehenge was built possibly by the Minoans. It presents one of man's first attempts to order his view of the outside world.

My first popular book, 'A Brief History of Time,' aroused a great deal of interest, but many found it difficult to understand.

Ronnie O'Sullivan is the only player in history to be dominant and popular at the same time.

Anti-Semitism has never gone away; it will always be there because it's a very convenient prejudice. The gene of it, the original DNA, is buried deep within our history. And even within some Jews as well.

If you look at history, innovation doesn't come just from giving people incentives; it comes from creating environments where their ideas can connect.

Manchester's history is cotton and wool. Birmingham's is iron and steel.

History has proven time and again that downturns are the best time to invest in new start-ups. You get good deals and find a better environment for start-ups to grow.

It's an absolute honor to be taking part in the pageant for the Diamond Jubilee. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and will be a moment in history that will always be remembered. I'm really looking forward to being out on the river with friends and family. To mark this historic moment will be extremely special.

You can embrace nostalgia and history and tradition at the same time - it has to progress or it can't survive.

Never, ever forget history.

Black women I'm talking to you, because it's not white women, it's not Latino, it's not Native American - I checked, it's y'all. The self hate is ridiculous. Why do you hate yourself so much, why do you hate your texture, why do you hate your culture, why do you hate your history?

The becoming of man is the history of the exhaustion of his possibilities.

All of history misses out on the history of the soul. Human passions are so often not included in history.

Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.

The thing I found in correlation with my studies as a history major was that experience taught me you have to figure out your background, where you come from, who you are, and what you want. All of that propelled me into following acting because I had to develop characters as well as develop characters' history which is most important.

One of the things we tell ourselves as African-Americans is if we work hard, play by the rules, we do start back a little ways, but if we can be twice as good, somehow we can escape history and heritage and legacy.

History is imperfect and biased, and it always, always has omissions. The most common omissions are the bits that the writer of that history took for granted that his readers would know.

History rarely repeats itself, but its echoes never go away.

South Africa never leaves one indifferent. Its history, its population, its landscapes and cultures - all speak to the visitor, to the student, to the friend of Africa.

Malaysia is a country unlike any other: Full of promise and fragility. Its history, cultural and religious diversity make it a rich, compelling and surprising land.

It's easy to forget history or give it a cliff notes. The cliff notes of history. But mainly, so much of what happens in 'Eyes on the Prize' happened in Jackson, Mississippi. Jackson, Mississippi isn't really known for any other touchstone to the movement, other than Medgar Evers being killed. There were sit-ins and riots and atrocities.

History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.

Without question, the Red Ryder BB gun is the most important gun in the history of American weaponry.

The study of history and philosophy, accompanied by some acquaintance with art and literature, should be for lawyers and engineers as well as for those who study in arts faculties.

If you are going to write, say, fantasy - stop reading fantasy. You've already read too much. Read other things; read westerns, read history, read anything that seems interesting, because if you only read fantasy and then you start to write fantasy, all you're going to do is recycle the same old stuff and move it around a bit.

There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.

I am the greatest heel, which means the bad guy in the wrestling history.

I'm obsessed by the idea of making my mark on history. And Arsenal is my paradise.

History, a distillation of rumour.