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)

    “The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest; it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen.”
    —Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)