History Is Told By The Victor Quotes & Sayings

Kids will remind you that, even though you've gone down a road 100 times, it's brand new for them - and that's healthy. — Matthew McConaughey

I never wanted to show up and just say, "Okay, what are we doing today? Let's wing it!" — John Ridley

We made love... and sushi. — C.J. English

Burmese authors and artists can play the role that artists everywhere play. They help to mold the outlook of a society - not the whole outlook, and they are not the only ones to mold the outlook of society, but they have an important role to play there. — Aung San Suu Kyi

I was interested in big unknowns, and the brain is one of the biggest, so building tools that allow us to regard the brain as a big electrical circuit appealed to me. — Edward Boyden

If you find a TV series that you like, you like the tone of the TV series or the movie. — Guy Ritchie

The gradual depletion of the ozone layer and the related "greenhouse effect" has now reached crisis proportions as a consequence of industrial growth, massive urban concentrations and vastly increased energy needs. Industrial waste, the burning of fossil fuels, unrestricted deforestation, the use of certain types of herbicides, coolants and propellants: all of these are known to harm the atmosphere and environment. — Pope John Paul II

Faces are tricky unless you can connect up when and where you'd seen them. — Agatha Christie

To those who have not yet learned the secret of true happiness, begin now to study the little things in your own door yard. — George Washington Carver

Even so, the major feeling and thought that I'd like them to keep in mind is the aesthetic ability of such a film to express the need for everyone to take part in the protection and preservation of humankind and the Earth. — Martine Epoque

It was surprising how many days and years mattered not at all. His story, the heart of him, was really made up of only a handful of seconds or minutes. The rest was empty road, an expanse that only prolonged the travel from one point to another. — Nadia Hashimi

history is one sided, none of the stories are wholly true. We only hear the stories the victor wants told. The remaining stories, the plights, justifications and heroics of the losers are gone with time. Ours is such a history. We are stronger, yet rarely — H.K. Savage

The faint bruise on the side of her cheek had paled to a sickly yellow.
Imagine that. She'd fallen in the shower. Again.
Just ask Daddy. — Veronica Wolff

One of the things I always believed in was my dad came to America and he was a very talented musician, but he couldn't make a living that way so he had to support his family as an auto mechanic which he also loved doing. He was also such a great dad because when I first told him I thought I wanted to go into show business, his response was okay, that's interesting. — Denis Leary

Your vanity and my vanity will never be friends. — Mason Cooley