Famous quotes containing the words history of, history, european, union and/or creation:
“Like their personal lives, womens history is fragmented, interrupted; a shadow history of human beings whose existence has been shaped by the efforts and the demands of others.”
—Elizabeth Janeway (b. 1913)
“In the history of the human mind, these glowing and ruddy fables precede the noonday thoughts of men, as Aurora the suns rays. The matutine intellect of the poet, keeping in advance of the glare of philosophy, always dwells in this auroral atmosphere.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)
“We hope the day will soon come when every girl will be a member of a great Union of Unmarried Women, pledged to refuse an offer of marriage from any man who is not an advocate of their emancipation.”
—Tennessee Claflin (18461923)
“The practice of S/M is the creation of pleasure.... And thats why S/M is really a subculture. Its a process of invention. S/M is the use of a strategic relationship as a source of pleasure.”
—Michel Foucault (19261984)