Microhistories Quotes & Sayings

Sir Hugh Greene is the man I hold most responsible for the state of our country today. For 11 years hardly a week went by without a sniping reference to me. And he gave access to anyone who was prepared to say anything morally subversive. — Mary Whitehouse

It's not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is worth being a bigot about. — Criss Jami

Taste is often one of the aspects of fashion. — Robert Aris Willmott

You turn friends away before you discover they were good after all; you give up on your dreams before you realize you were very close to your success all that while. Be patient; don't rush things! — Israelmore Ayivor

Art is whatever you can get away with. — Marshall McLuhan

I love what I do, but it is hard to have a personal relationship when you're never home. — Blake Mycoskie

In the 1970s, as historians became enchanted with microhistories, economists were expanding the reach of their discipline. Nations, states and cities began to plan for the future by consulting with economists whose prognostications were shaped by investment cycles rather than historical ones. — Annalee Newitz

Wickedly funny to read and morally bracing as only good satire can be. — William Styron

Godot is whatever it is in life that you are waiting for: 'I'm waiting to win the lottery. I'm waiting to fall in love'. For me, as a child, it was Christmas. At least that eventually came. — Ian McKellen

Somewhere in my head, a private conviction exists that 'Search is the Process' and 'Discovery the Art Form. — Abe Ajay

Exploring microhistories, cultural history can "track the changing interplay among schools of thought and language patronage and power of financing and control, teaching traditions and elites," that is, make us aware of the discursive workings of power. — Martin Prochazka