history

Ease

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.   Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt (born October 27, 1858, New York, New York, U.S.—died January 6, 1919, Oyster Bay, New York) was the 26th president of the United… Read More ›

History

He who puts out his hand to stop the wheel of history will have his fingers crushed.   Lech Walesa Lech Wałęsa (born 29 September 1943) is a Polish statesman, dissident, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who served as the president of Poland between 1990 and 1995. After winning… Read More ›

Ideas

Active people don’t change the world profoundly; ideas do. Napoleon is less important in world history than Jean-Jacques Rousseau.   Michel Houellebecq Michel Houellebecq (born Michel Thomas; 26 February 1956 or 1958) is a French author, known for his novels,… Read More ›

Trigger

History keeps teaching us that we can’t recognize the important events that are going to trigger changes.   David Weinberger David Weinberger (born 1950) is an American technologist, professional speaker, and commentator, probably best known as co-author of the Cluetrain Manifesto (originally a website, and… Read More ›