"The ordinary routines of life are never chronicled by the historian, but they make up almost the whole of experience."

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Source : Peter Ackroyd (2011). “Foundation: The History of England”, p.47, Pan Macmillan

Peter Ackroyd

#Ordinary Quotes #Historian Quotes

“The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.”

Source : Song: Train in the Distance
“Generations of men are like the leaves. In winter, winds blow them down to earth, but then, when spring season comes again, the budding wood grows more. And so with men: one generation grows, another dies away.”
“I get asked to read new works a lot, in the hope that I will give a quotation and I will only give a 'puff' for a book I truly love.”
“What were once felt to be defects-isolation, institutional simplicity, primitiveness of manners, multiplicity of religions, weaknesses in the authority of the state-could now be seen as virtues, not only by Americans themselves but by enlightened spokesmen of reform, renewal and hope wherever they may be-in London coffeehouses, in Parisian salons, in the courts of German princes.”

Source : Bernard Bailyn (1992). “The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution”, p.160, Harvard University Press
“Hey, have you heard that one about the difference between me, Wit, and my loutish cousin, Hilarity? No? Okay, so I walk into a bar, you see, very unassuming, and order a martini. Then the bartender, Hilarity, hauls off and squirts me in the face with a seltzer bottle, ruining my n ice new camel hair suit, dousing my monocle and my watch fob, soaking my cravat. So, do I let him have what for, and blow my top? I do not. I simply say: Sorry, I believe I said 'very dry'.”
“Well, there's a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or other.”
“Journalism is about covering important stories-with a pillow, until they stop moving.”
“It's a matter of invitations versus context. Twitter is really good at providing context, like, I''m having coffee at Third Rail Coffee.' Foursquare is about invitations to places. In this respect Foursquare has started to replace Yelp for me.”

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