Famous quotes containing the words history of, games, history, live and/or action:
“The second day of July 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more”
—John Adams (1735–1826)
“The rules of drinking games are taken more serious than the rules of war.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out.”
—G.M. (George Macaulay)
“Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn. They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But, man, there’s no boundary line to art.”
—Charlie Parker (1920–1955)
“Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.”
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)