History Book

Famous quotes containing the words history book, history and/or book:

    Boys forget what their country means by just reading “the land of the free” in history books. Then they get to be men, they forget even more. Liberty’s too precious a thing to be buried in books.
    Sidney Buchman (1902–1975)

    Anyone who is practically acquainted with scientific work is aware that those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact; and anyone who has studied the history of science knows that almost every great step therein has been made by the “anticipation of Nature.”
    Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)

    What was really horrifying about jail is that it really isn’t horrifying. You adjust very easily.
    Roberta Victor, U.S. prostitute. As quoted in Working, book 2, by Studs Terkel (1973)