All history is the history of unintended consequences. - T. J. Jackson Lears - Quotesmemo.com

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

The IPCC doesn't do any research itself. We only develop our assessments on the basis of peer-reviewed literature.

Popular Topics

Gossip, Night, Inspirational Life, Food, Thank You, Girl, Leadership, Beauty, Positive, Stage, Things In Life, Brain, Confidence, Feeling, Passive, Achievement, Inspiration, Poet, Justice, Living My Life, Kids, Ocean, Intelligent, Character, Private Life, Inspiring, Lives, Pregnancy, Organization, Motor, Possible, Life Is Good, Comfortable, Stories, Songs, Heart, Faith, Thought, Inspired, Involve, Job, Integrity, New York, Evidence, Technical, Surprised, Secret, Dream, Perfect Love, House

T. J. Jackson Lears

All history is the history of unintended consequences.

Consequence, Consequences, History, Unintended, Unintended Consequences

Same Author Quotes

Nick Yablon ranges widely, from log cabins to skyscrapers and from Tocqueville to pulp fiction. He combines imaginative research with probing interpretation. Untimely Ruins offers fresh and challenging insights about the American built environment on nearly every page.

Challenges, Insights, Log Cabins, Offers, Ruins, Tocqueville

We need to take nostalgia seriously as an energizing impulse, maybe even a form of knowledge. The effort to revalue what has been lost can motivate serious historical inquiry; it can also cast a powerful light on the present.

Effort, Inquiry, Light, Powerful, Seriously, Take

Similar Quotes

Justine Larbalestier

When I was little, I made up my own fairy tales, and the ghostly echo of Once upon a time shapes all the fiction Ive ever written.

Echoes, Fairy, Fiction, Ghostly, Once Upon A Time, Written

Jacqueline Wilson

Jacqueline Wilson

Pearl rolled a tiny pink speck in her fingers, possibly part of Rose's new leg that I'd tried so hard to make a good match. Pearl laughed and flicked it away as if it was snot out of her nose. I suddenly couldn't stand it. I rushed at her. She saw I wasn't playing around. She ran for it but I caught up with her along the landing. I punched her hard in the chest and she staggered back wards - back and back, and then she wobbled and went right over, down the stairs.

Hard, Noses, Ran, Rose, Saws, Stand

Laura Marano

To me, the most worrisome part of traveling comes before any of the traveling actually occurs: the suitcase-packing process. It's a challenging and anxiety-filled process - I am caught between wanting my suitcase to be light and worrying I am going to need every single item in my bedroom.

Actually, Anxiety, Light, Process, Suitcase, Worry

Laozi

Laozi

When the hares have all been caught, the hunting dogs are cooked.

Caught, Cooked, Dog, Dogs, Hunting

Rajendra K. Pachauri

Rajendra K. Pachauri

The IPCC doesn't do any research itself. We only develop our assessments on the basis of peer-reviewed literature.

Assessment, Assessments, Energy, Ipcc, Literature, Peers