News/history

Famous quotes containing the words news and/or history:

    “It is not the purpose of literature to purvey news. For news consult the Almanac de Gotha.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    “Anything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen as heading toward catastrophe.”
    —Susan Sontag (b. 1933)