Historical Malady Quotes & Sayings

Jim Reston: And of course when that moment came
no words came to my mouth, and I shook his hand. Because if you've spent that long hating a man
in the end
a kind of relationship develops. An intimacy. Biographer and subject. Assassin and target. — Peter Morgan

Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions. — Ulysses S. Grant

It is almost an intellectual tradition to pay heed to the insane. In my case those that I most respect are the morons. — Henri Michaux

My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. — Diana Gabaldon

The power of gradually losing all feeling of strangeness or astonishment, and finally being pleased at anything, is called the historical sense or historical culture. — Friedrich Nietzsche

It seems with every match I win, I get better-looking to other people. — Andy Roddick

An echo from the past when, innocent
We looked upon the present with delight
And doubted not the future would be kinder
And never knew the loneliness of night. — Noel Coward

There is nothing which persevering effort and unceasing and diligent care cannot accomplish. — Seneca The Younger

I didn't learn to read until I was almost 14 years old. Reading out loud for me was a nightmare because I would mispronounce words or reconstruct things that weren't even there. That's when one of my teachers discovered I had a learning disability called dyslexia. Once I got help, I read very well! — Patricia Polacco

What else is soul but a listener? — William H Gass

Sometimes some questions... shouldn't been answered... sometimes some stuff should be kept private... sometimes some people should just exist in specific places... — Deyth Banger

There are many ways of knocking electrons out of atoms. The simplest is to rub two surfaces together. — Fred Hoyle

America's Older Americans add great value to our Nation. — Paul Sarbanes

Far from being Eurocentric, my analysis "exoticizes" Europe. Europe is historically aberrant. In some ways this was a historical accident, not entirely Europe's fault. But, in any case, it is nothing about which Europe should boast. Perhaps Europe and the world will one day be cured of this terrible malady with which Europe (and through Europe the world) has been afflicted. — Immanuel Wallerstein

Mankind is becoming a single unit, and that for a unit to fight against itself is suicide. — Havelock Ellis