Ya Historical Quotes

historical research of the truly scholastic kind is not connected with human beings at all. It is a pure study, like higher mathematics.

If it is impossible to judge merit and guilt in the field of natural science, then it is not possible in any field, and historical research becomes an idle, empty activity.

[In Bolivia] We want to overcome our historical problems with Chile. The sea has divided us and the sea must bring us back together again.

Most architects work in ­studios largely divorced from academia, as if ideas, criticism and ­historical ­research were irrelevant.

The thing about being a mystery writer, what marks a mystery writer out from a chick lit author or historical fiction writer, is that you always find a mystery in every situation.

The writing of history is largely a process of diversion. Most historical accounts distract attention from the secret influences behind great events.

A word is nothing unless it has values and an atmosphere, unless you grasp its historical significance.

... the reason is that a military defeat of Britain will bring about the disintegration of the British Empire. This would not be of any benefit to Germany.

Whenever I went to an historical moment that was sad or where something terrible happened, it was, for me, a learning moment, a teaching moment for those who survived.

A lack of the historical sense is the hereditary fault of all philosophers.

Unquestionably, our contemporary world of music is far richer, in a sense, than earlier periods, due to the historical and geographical extensions of culture to which I have referred.

Historical investigation has for its aim to fix the order and character of events throughout past time and in all places. The task is frankly superhuman.

That Man, who flees from truth, should have invented the mirror is the greatest of historical miracles.

However, the difficulties and pleasures of the writing itself are similar for a novel with a historical setting and a novel with a contemporary setting, as far as I'm concerned.

The sense of historical continuity, and a feeling for philosophical rectitude cannot, however, be compromised.

The things shamans deal with are extremely practical. They break down parameters of normal historical reality. Magical passes are just one aspect of that.

It is of course the nature of historical contraction that the shortest distance to a historical destination is never a straight line.

That is why we may say that the historical development of capitalism has involved the thrust towards the commodification of everything.

Instinct is like Nature herself - prodigiously conservative, and yet transcending her own historical conditions in her acts of creation.

I have long been active in and supportive of conservation and historical preservation causes.

Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy.

We are no longer dealing with historical events, but with places of collapse.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

Justice in holdings is historical; it depends upon what actually has happened. We shall return to this point later.

As such the meaning of hegemony is subject to varying interpretations depending on how the historical role of the United States is interpreted.

I am not very moved by historical apologies.

Now, whenever you read any historical document, you always evaluate it in light of the historical context.

At the end of the day, I had to remain dedicated to historical accuracy.

If the September 11 terror attack is supposed to constitute a caesura in world history, it must be able to stand comparison to other events of world historical impact.

Ever since my youth it has disturbed me that of the literary works that survived their own epoch, so many dealt with historical rather than contemporary subjects.

The bases for historical knowledge are not empirical facts but written texts, even if these texts masquerade in the guise of wars or revolutions.

I think that Malcolm X was the most remarkable historical figure produced by Black America in the 20th century.

Earth Day is the first holy day...and is devoted to the harmony of nature... The celebration offends no historical calendar, yet it transcends them all.

From a historical viewpoint, religion is just a kind of superstition, and from a political viewpoint it is a tool of social control.

The Messianic era is the present age, which began to germinate with the teachings of Spinoza, and finally came into historical existence with the great French Revolution.

The Feminist Standpoint: Developing the Ground for a Specifically Feminist Historical Materialism

I can not be mistaken - what I say and do is historical.I follow my life with the precision and security of a sleep walker

The dogma of woman's complete historical subjection to men must be rated as one of the most fantastic myths ever created by the human mind.

So our virtues lie in the interpretation of the time

Without the meditative background that is criticism, works become isolated gestures, historical accidents, soon forgotten.

Perhaps our Irish friends should not so completely turn their backs on their historical dishes, no matter how many jokes they might have to endure.

That one woman is capable of loving another is an historical truth; but never yet lived one who could not listen to her own praises at the expense of her adored friend.

In individuals as in nations, contentment is silent, which tends to unbalance the historical record.

Never bet your money on another man's game.

Think of any great man or woman. How can you separate them from the years in which they lived? You can't. Their greatness lies in their response to that moment.

Historical determinism is a recipe for political quietism.

You can only chase a butterfly for so long.

Someday, my love, you're going to understand just how much I care for you. You're my light, my warmth, my other half. I only feel alive when I'm with you. I love you." Caine

True, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring.

The United Nations is the greatest fraud in history. Its purpose is to destroy the United States.