Kick/history

Famous quotes containing the words kick and/or history:

    “Like a kick in the butt, the force of events wakes slumberous talents.”
    —Edward Hoagland (b. 1932)

    “Tell me of the height of the mountains of the moon, or of the diameter of space, and I may believe you, but of the secret history of the Almighty, and I shall pronounce thee mad.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)