Historical Time

Famous quotes containing the words historical and/or time:

    The proverbial notion of historical distance consists in our having lost ninety-five of every hundred original facts, so the remaining ones can be arranged however one likes.
    Robert Musil (1880–1942)

    America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.
    —A.J. (Arnold Joseph)