Outline of Energy - History of Energy

Famous quotes containing the words history of, history and/or energy:

“He wrote in prison, not a History of the World, like Raleigh, but an American book which I think will live longer than that. I do not know of such words, uttered under such circumstances, and so copiously withal, in Roman or English or any history.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)

“But often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come.”
—Stefan Zweig (18811942)