Logo
So many people of color who made major contributions to American h

So many people of color who made major contributions to American history have been trapped in the purgatory of history. – Henry Louis Gates

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
History
category

History is the sum total of the things that could have been avoided. – Konrad Adenauer

Category:
History

World history is a court of judgment. – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Category:
History

James Joyce is right about history being a nightmare– but it may be that nightmare from which no one can awaken. People are trapped in history and history in trapped in them. – James Baldwin

Category:
History

When it comes to true humility in the face of history, nothing beats complete silence. – Lev Grossman

Category:
History

Random Quotes

I started crying the other day just thinking that the baby is going to leave me soon! You have this relationship with this person in your belly and its really amazing. – Emily Procter

Category:
amazing

Optimists are usually wrong. But all the great change in history, positive change, was done by optimists. – Thomas Friedman

Category:
History

How many women have the courage to start properly with a cold, cold bath early in the morning? I jump in, throw the water, cold as ice, and after the first plunge I am happy. – Anna Held

Category:
Courage

I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequence of the humans natural competitiveness and the possibilities inherent in technology. – Vernor Vinge

Category:
Technology