Lucien Febvre Quotes

#1. It is never a waste of time to study the history of a word.

Lucien Febvre

#2. I really rely a lot more on memory. I'm definitely not as good of a sight reader.

John Petrucci

#3. Slowly, Jimmy held up his outstretched hands. Men had been arguing for two hundred years about this gesture; would every creature, everywhere in the universe, interpret this as "See
no weapons"? But no one could think of anything better.

Arthur C. Clarke

#4. So that's why one of my rules of parody writing is that it's gotta be funny regardless of whether you know the source material. It has to work on its own merit.

Al Yankovic

#5. What better preparation for a history which seeks to bring societies to life and to understand that life than to have really lived, commanded men, suffered with them and shared their joys.

Lucien Febvre

#6. We can love someone without understanding that person.

Dorothy Rowe

#7. A mere collector of supposed facts is as useful as a collector of matchboxes.

Lucien Febvre

#8. History is the daughter of time.

Lucien Febvre

#9. If History teaches any lesson at all, it is that there are no historical lessons.

Lucien Febvre

#10. Tis very sweet to look into the fair
and open face of heaven, - to breathe a prayer
full in the smile of the blue firmament.

John Keats

#11. Intelligence guided by the will using memory and imagination assisted by intuition.

Romana Kryzanowska

#12. All people are standing; you got to standout! All people are breaking grounds; you got to breakthrough grounds! Don't settle for less; rise up and stand tall in what you do!

Israelmore Ayivor

#13. Putting on a new pair of glasses or sunglasses is a simple way to completely transform your look - just like a new hairstyle.

Brad Goreski

#14. She climbed out of the car and walked across the farmyard with her raincoat collar turned up. Liam was standing by the open grave with his hands in the pockets of his long brown

Graham Masterton

#15. Usually it is a painful process (writing), "Superman" came in 45 minutes; "100 Years" in four months.

Five For Fighting