Stock/history

Famous quotes containing the words stock and/or history:

    “A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century.”
    —David Hume (1711–1776)

    “Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most.”
    —Norman Mailer (b. 1923)