[T]he historian and the detective have much in common. – Mark M. Krug, History and the Social Sciences
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Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis. – John Dewey
One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen. – Robert A. Heinlein
I really like to look like a history book. I can look 1940s, I can look 1970s hippie-chic, or sometimes Ill pull that 80s Brooklyn hip-hop kid with the door-knocker earrings. – Katy Perry
What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing ones ease or vanity, or uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully. – Victor Cherbuliez
True freedom requires the rule of law and justice, and a judicial system in which the rights of some are not secured by the denial of rights to others. – Jonathan Sacks