"The historian ought to be the humblest of men; he is faced a dozen times a day with the evidence of his own ignorance; he is perpetually confronted with his own humiliating inability to interpret his material correctly; he is, in a sense that no other writer is, in bondage to that material."

-- C. V. Wedgwood

#Ignorance Quotes #Men Quotes #History Quotes

“There is an intimate connection between the life of the Christian here and the enjoyment and the glory in the day of Christ's appearing.”
“To chart a course, one must have a direction. In reality, the eye is no better than the philosophy behind it. The photographer creates, evolves a better, a more selective, more acute seeing eye by looking ever more sharply at what is going on in the world.”
“It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent.”
“I wanted very much to be Miles Davis when I was a boy, but without the practice. It just looked like an endless road.”
“There is a lot of advice on baby feeding, but almost nothing on how to help crying babies.”

Source : "To Calm Crying Baby, Recreate Womb", www.foxnews.com. October 12, 2005.
“You can win all the tournaments you want, but the majors are what you're remembered for. It's how you're measured as a champion in our sport. The majors are where it's at.”
“I swear I have never told a player to attack another player. In fact, I have told my players if they ever hear me saying something like this, they can break a stick over my skull. I ask only that they play aggressively.”

Source : HHOF Time Capsule - The 70s - Great Teams - Philadelphia Flyers, Hockey Hall of Fame, 1973-1976.
“Half the people on the internet are bored and they have no life.”

Source : Source: halftimeonline.net

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