Monologue/history

Famous quotes containing the words monologue and/or history:

“The voice of America has no undertones or overtones in it. It repeats its optimistic catchwords in a tireless monologue that has the slightly metallic sound of a gramophone.”
—Vance Palmer (1885–1959)

“The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.”
—William James (1842–1910)