Metahistory Dictionary Quotes & Sayings

Usually when an athlete gets a reputation it sticks with him, even when he's an old man. — Frank Deford

But if the ants are not despondent because they have failed to produce a new social invention or convention in 65 million years, why should we be discouraged because some of our institutions and castes have not been able to evolve a new idea in the past fifty centuries? — William Morton Wheeler

I frequently hear our present period described as uncertain, confused, chaotic. — George Crumb

When downsides coexist with upsides, as they often do, people are reluctant to explore what's bugging them, for fear of being labeled complainers. — Ed Catmull

I respond to many names.
Sometimes I am different people.
Sometimes I am the me that howls in
the night.
Sometimes I am the sickening silence.
I wear moonlight in my hair and bare
my teeth. — Jessica Bates

The volume of your voice does not increase the validity of your argument. — Steve Maraboli