"More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills and proclamations."

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"More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills and proclamations."

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"The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

History, Change, Idea, Ownership, Past

"We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

History, Precedents

"The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion."

Arthur C. Clarke, English Writer

History, Religion, Morality, Mankind

"The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments."

William James, American Philosopher

History, Philosophy

"Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

History, Reading, Boredom, Gender

"What happened in the missile crisis in October 1962 has been prettified to make it look as if acts of courage and thoughtfulness abounded. The truth is that the whole episode was almost insane."

Noam Chomsky, American Activist

History, War, Crisis, Truth, Insanity

"They were obviously headstones of graves, though the graves themselves no longer existed as either mounds or depressions; the years had leveled all. Scattered here and there, more massive blocks showed where some pompous or ambitious monument had once flung its feeble defiance at oblivion."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

History, Death, Decay, Memory

"The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history."

Noam Chomsky, American Activist

History, Bible, Books

"There was something melancholic about that symbol of their nation's promise of freedom, a bell with a chipped mouth and cleft body."

E.A. Bucchianeri, American Author

History, Symbolism, Patriotism, Emotion

"The Rockwell magazine cover was more a part of the American reality than a record of it."

Arthur C. Danto, American Critic

History, Reality

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"If you are a novelist of a certain type of temperament, then what you really want to do is re-invent the world. God wasn't too bad a novelist, except he was a Realist."

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"Nothing is intrinsically valuable; the value of everything is attributed to it, assigned to it from outside the thing itself, by people."

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"More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills and proclamations."

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"The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever."

"We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes."

"The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion."

"The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments."

"Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for."

"What happened in the missile crisis in October 1962 has been prettified to make it look as if acts of courage and thoughtfulness abounded. The truth is that the whole episode was almost insane."

"They were obviously headstones of graves, though the graves themselves no longer existed as either mounds or depressions; the years had leveled all. Scattered here and there, more massive blocks showed where some pompous or ambitious monument had once flung its feeble defiance at oblivion."

"The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history."

"There was something melancholic about that symbol of their nation's promise of freedom, a bell with a chipped mouth and cleft body."

"The Rockwell magazine cover was more a part of the American reality than a record of it."

Explore more quotes by John Barth

"If you are a novelist of a certain type of temperament, then what you really want to do is re-invent the world. God wasn't too bad a novelist, except he was a Realist."

"Nothing is intrinsically valuable; the value of everything is attributed to it, assigned to it from outside the thing itself, by people."

"This is an exciting time. A new chapter in our history."

"Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story."

"The Bible is not man's word about God, but God's word about man."

"You're certain to get a decision in a trial."

"More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills and proclamations."