Hilarious Historical Quotes

#1. I'm kind of an idea guy.

Jeff Bridges

#2. But at this point the four hundred richest people on the planet owned half the planet's wealth, and the top one percent owned fully eighty percent of the world's wealth. For them it wasn't so bad.

Kim Stanley Robinson

#3. I believe in traditional marriage.

Karl Rove

#4. The last months, weeks and days have seen accelerating discussions, involving the DUP for the first time, about a comprehensive agreement which would see all outstanding matters dealt with and the Good Friday Agreement implemented in full.

Gerry Adams

#5. A lot of us might never reach the point of realizing that by standing out, by actually being the people we say we want to be, we get to set ourselves free. Not in all capacities, but definitely in some.

Hannah Brencher

#6. [...] identify influential writers and news sources (including those with strong biases) and monitor what they are saying. This can help you understand how groups talk about events and issues.

Rachel Hilary Brown

#7. I'm giddy. Is this a dream? If so, let me never wake up.

Jenny Han

#8. the city is humanity intensified - a magnifying glass that brings out the very best and worst of human nature

Timothy J. Keller

#9. Life's too short to try and understand cold-blooded creatures.

Rita Mae Brown

#10. The soul, light as a feather, fluid as water, innocent as a child, responds to every movement of grace like a floating balloon.

Jean-Pierre De Caussade

#11. What makes you so dare to challenge me, kiddo?
It ain't about you, Sir. I just wanna confront my fear.

Toba Beta

#12. You took Theo's title and his home," West continued in appalled disbelief, "and now you want his wife."
"His widow," Devon muttered.
"Have you seduced her?"
"Not yet."
West clapped his hand to his forehead. "Christ. Don't you think she's suffered enough?

Lisa Kleypas

#13. Nations should be governed by a council of learned men who must answer to the people for their actions.

Isabel Allende

#14. It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it. In England, one feels all the social restraints holding one back. But here, anything can happen.

W. H. Auden

#15. Fascinating, often hilarious, always devastatingly truthful, The Inconvenient Indian is destined to become a classic of historical narrative. For those who wish to better understand Native peoples, it is a must read. For those who don't wish to understand, it is even more so.

Joseph Boyden

#16. Art is an outsider, a gypsy over the face of the earth.

Robert Henri