Reconstructing History Quotes & Sayings

Reconstructing the past is rather like translating poetry. It can be done, but never exactly. — Norman Davies

A fool is a person who guesses and gets it wrong, a clever man is one who guesses, regardless of time period, and gets it right. — Voltaire

I was doing a bit that stupid people should be slapped. But the more I did it, the more I didn't like that connotation, the violence and all that. The more I thought about it, I thought they should just wear signs. And, man, it just took off. — Bill Engvall

I look at my sons' little faces, and I want to be their superhero. I don't want them to have to look outside to a third party for a hero, for someone to look up to and admire. I want that to be ME. I want that person to be MOMMY for them. — Lashinda Demus

Don't be in temper, to leave so quickly, that I may be dying. But all too soon, the leaves and debris will gather elsewhere. — Anthony Liccione

A flower, when offered in the bud, is no vain sacrifice. — Isaac Watts

Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood. — Bodhidharma

Go be with your husband ... before he realises that he's still in love with me — Tarryn Fisher

Logan's brow rose. I'll have you know that these are Armani track pants. — Ella Frank

You only fail when you stop trying. — Thomas Edison

Vanity Fair magazine reports that former President Clinton and Al Gore haven't spoken to each other since George W. Bush's inauguration. Not only that, Bill and his wife, Hillary, haven't spoken since Richard Nixon's inauguration. — Conan O'Brien

Something new has happened: For the first time in German history our fatherland is guided by a plan that considers only the needs of the people, and aims at building prosperity and reconstructing of our fatherland. — Walter Ulbricht

It was odd how one found oneself making trivial conversation on important occasions. Perhaps it was because one could not say what was really in one's mind. — Barbara Pym

It's like telling Mozart that there are too many notes in an opera. Which one do you want us to take out? — Gordon Bethune

it is important to stress that history is always constructed, not absolute or unchallangeable. Histories are stories about the past, and reconstructing the past ill involve elements of mythologising from the cultural, political and theoretical stances of both the historian and the informants. — John O'Toole

One of the greatest of all mental pleasures is to have our thoughts often divined: ever entered into with sympathy. — Letitia Elizabeth Landon