History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed art has remembered the people, because they created.

Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.

All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in history that had brought me along one generation late. I had missed all the great times and adventures in flight.

The whole history of pop music had rested on the first person singular, with occasional intrusions of the second person singular.

Isn't history ultimately the result of our fear of boredom?