History Quotes

मुझे उम्मीद है कि हालात बदलेंगे, क्योंकि यह बड़े दुख की बात है कि ईरान जैसा देश आज वहां नहीं है, जहां उसे होना चाहिए था या इतिहास में उसका जो स्थान रहा है। यह ईरान, पूरे मध्य पूर्व और साथ ही पूरी दुनिया के लिए बहुत महत्वपूर्ण है।

I hope that things will change, because it's a pity that a country like Iran is not where it should be, or where it has been historically. It's important for Iran, for all of the Middle East, and also for the rest of the world.

I hope that things will change, because it's a pity that a country like Iran is not where it should be, or where it has been historically. It's important for Iran, for all of the Middle East, and also for the rest of the world.

यह बात आम थी कि टी पार्टी आंदोलन के लोगों की राजनीति रोनाल्ड रीगन की सोच से बिल्कुल मेल नहीं खाती थी, और रीगन उन्हें बचकानी और नासमझ हरकत मानते।

It was widespread that the politics of Tea Party people would be foreign to Ronald Reagan and they would be seen by him as frivolous and uninformed.

It was widespread that the politics of Tea Party people would be foreign to Ronald Reagan and they would be seen by him as frivolous and uninformed.

यह कहना कि रेगन हमें यह सिखाते हैं कि हमें अवैध प्रवासियों की एमनेस्टी (माफी) के खिलाफ होना चाहिए, खुद रेगन की उस सोच के खिलाफ जाता है जिसके वे समर्थक थे—यानी वे एमनेस्टी के पक्ष में थे।

To say that Reagan teaches us that we should be against amnesty for illegal immigrants is to contradict what Reagan himself stood for - that he was in favor of amnesty.

To say that Reagan teaches us that we should be against amnesty for illegal immigrants is to contradict what Reagan himself stood for - that he was in favor of amnesty.

फ्रांस में हमारे यहाँ 'लासइते' (धर्मनिरपेक्षता) है, जिसका मतलब है कि नास्तिकता लगभग हमारा राष्ट्रीय धर्म बन चुकी है। लेकिन मुझे लगता है कि पश्चिमी संस्कृति का एक बहुत महत्वपूर्ण हिस्सा वे सदियाँ हैं जब ईसाई धर्म का बोलबाला था और कला की लगभग हर कृति में उसकी मौजूदगी थी—न केवल धार्मिक कर्मकांडों में, बल्कि साहित्य और संगीत में भी। हाँ, हमारे वर्तमान में उस विरासत का होना बहुत ज़रूरी है। इसका मतलब यह नहीं है कि लोग किसी धर्म के अंधभक्त बन जाएं या कोई धर्म मानने लगें, बल्कि यह हमारी संस्कृति का हिस्सा है और आपको कम से कम इसे समझने की कोशिश ज़रूर करनी चाहिए। वरना आप एक आधुनिक इंसान नहीं बन सकते।

In France, we have laïcité, which means that atheism is almost our state religion. But I think a very important part of Western culture is in the centuries when Christianism was dominant and was present in almost all works of art - not only liturgical works, but also literature and music. Yes, it's important to have that in our present. It doesn't mean that people have to adhere to a dogma or practice a religion, but it's part of our heritage, and you have to at least try to understand it. Otherwise you can't be a modern person.

In France, we have laïcité, which means that atheism is almost our state religion. But I think a very important part of Western culture is in the centuries when Christianism was dominant and was present in almost all works of art - not only liturgical works, but also literature and music. Yes, it's important to have that in our present. It doesn't mean that people have to adhere to a dogma or practice a religion, but it's part of our heritage, and you have to at least try to understand it. Otherwise you can't be a modern person.

वहाँ बहुत कुछ चल रहा था। मुझे [रॉबर्ट] रॉसेंबर्ग के स्टूडियो में हुआ एक बहुत ही दिलचस्प रात का खाना याद है। उन्होंने सिडनी जॅнис, लिओ कास्टेली और एक अन्य बड़े गैलरी वाले को हम कलाकारों को मेज पर परोसने के लिए मना लिया था। इसलिए वे वेटर की पोशाक में थे, हम मेज पर बैठे थे, और उन्हें केवल कॉन्येक् के लिए मेज के अंत में बैठने की अनुमति थी। आज के समय में यह मुमकिन नहीं है।

There was so much going on. I remember a very interesting dinner in the studio of [Robert] Rauschenberg. He had convinced Sidney Janis, Leo Castelli, and a third big gallery man to serve us, the artists, at the table. So they were dressed up as waiters, we were sitting at the table, and they were only allowed to sit down at the end of the table for the cognac. This is not possible now.

There was so much going on. I remember a very interesting dinner in the studio of [Robert] Rauschenberg. He had convinced Sidney Janis, Leo Castelli, and a third big gallery man to serve us, the artists, at the table. So they were dressed up as waiters, we were sitting at the table, and they were only allowed to sit down at the end of the table for the cognac. This is not possible now.

इन वर्षों में, मेरा यह विश्वास पक्का हो गया है कि एक संस्कृति के रूप में हेलेनिज्म एकरूप भव्यता की किसी स्थिर स्थिति का प्रतिनिधित्व नहीं करता है, जिसे किसी नस्लीय फ़ायदे के प्रभाव के रूप में रहस्यमय तरीक़े से हासिल किया गया और बनाए रखा गया हो। बल्कि इसे एक विकासशील प्रक्रिया के रूप में समझा जाना चाहिए, जो परिवर्तन की गतिशीलता द्वारा संचालित है, क्योंकि मौखिक परंपरा से साक्षरता की ओर संक्रमण के कारण भाषा और विचार दोनों में परिवर्तनकारी बदलाव आए थे। बदलाव के इस साधन को विकसित संस्कृतियों के इतिहास के काफ़ी बाद के चरण में ग्रीक वर्णमाला के आविष्कार के रूप में पहचाना जाता है।

Over the years, I have become convinced that Hellenism as a culture represents not a static condition of uniform sublimity mysteriously achieved and maintained as an effect of some racial advantage. Rather it should be understood as an evolving process, governed by a dynamic of change, as both language and thought underwent transformational alteration caused by a transition from orality to literacy. The instrument of change is discerned to be the invention of the Greek alphabet, at a quite late stage in the history of developing cultures.

Over the years, I have become convinced that Hellenism as a culture represents not a static condition of uniform sublimity mysteriously achieved and maintained as an effect of some racial advantage. Rather it should be understood as an evolving process, governed by a dynamic of change, as both language and thought underwent transformational alteration caused by a transition from orality to literacy. The instrument of change is discerned to be the invention of the Greek alphabet, at a quite late stage in the history of developing cultures.

मेरे लिए यह दिखाना बहुत ज़रूरी था कि बेरूत और लेबनान कभी मध्य पूर्व के मोती हुआ करते थे। बेरूत को कभी मध्य पूर्व का पेरिस कहा जाता था और उस उजाड़ हो चुकी जगह को महसूस करना जो कभी सुंदर, ग्लैमरस और देखने में शानदार हुआ करती थी, बहुत महत्वपूर्ण था। मुझे लगता है कि यह अहसास होना और भी ज़्यादा दुखद है कि यह देश, और वास्तव में पूरा मध्य पूर्व, दुनिया में एक बड़ी ताकत बन सकता था अगर लोग आपसी नफ़रत भूलकर एक हो जाते और तबाही, मौत और युद्धों को पीछे छोड़ देते। लेकिन बदकिस्मत से, ऐसा अभी तक नहीं हो रहा है।

It was important for me to show that Beirut and Lebanon were once the pearl of the Middle East. Beirut was once called the Paris of the Middle East and to have that feeling of a destroyed place that once was beautiful and glamorous and visually impressive was important. I think it's even sadder to get the feeling that this country, and indeed the whole Middle East, could have been a major force in the world if people would get together and forget about destruction, death and wars. But unfortunately, it's not happening yet.

It was important for me to show that Beirut and Lebanon were once the pearl of the Middle East. Beirut was once called the Paris of the Middle East and to have that feeling of a destroyed place that once was beautiful and glamorous and visually impressive was important. I think it's even sadder to get the feeling that this country, and indeed the whole Middle East, could have been a major force in the world if people would get together and forget about destruction, death and wars. But unfortunately, it's not happening yet.

प्राचीन काल में रोम में अच्छी सार्वजनिक कला हुआ करती थी। इटली में 'वेस्ट ऑफ़ रोम' जैसी कोई दूसरी चीज़ नहीं है।

Rome used to have good public art in ancient times. There is nothing like West of Rome in Italy.

Rome used to have good public art in ancient times. There is nothing like West of Rome in Italy.

मिशेल अफलाक—यह या तो एक घटिया कविता है जिसे यूटोपियाई राजनीति के आवरण में लपेटा गया है, या फिर एक बेहतरीन कविता है जिसे भयानक राजनीति के पर्दे के पीछे छिपाया गया है।

Michel Aflaq - is bad poetry wrapped in the guise of utopian politics, or great poetry wrapped in the guise of horrible politics.

Michel Aflaq - is bad poetry wrapped in the guise of utopian politics, or great poetry wrapped in the guise of horrible politics.

वह ज़माना लद गया जब कोई साधु किसी हाइपिया को दर्शनशास्त्र की पढ़ाई से खींचकर पागलों जैसी भीड़ के हवाले कर सकता था और उसे घसीटकर मौत के घाट उतार सकता था.... इंसान ने खुद अपने लिए कानून बनाए हैं और उन्हें अपने तथाकथित "स्वर्गीय" खुलासों, धर्मों और नियमों के रूप में पेश किया है। अब महिलाएँ अपने लिए खुद कानून बना रही हैं और उन्हें किसी तथाकथित अलौकिक आधार पर नहीं, बल्कि वास्तविक और प्राकृतिक आधार पर आगे बढ़ा रही हैं।

The day has gone by when a monk can tear a Hypatia from the pursuit of philosophy and throw her to a rabble of insane monastics to be dragged to a violent death.... Man has made himself a law unto himself, publishing it in his pretended "heavenly" revelations, dogmas, and statutes. Woman is not constructing a law unto herself, and she is putting it forth, not on a pretendedly supernatural, but on a natural basis.

The day has gone by when a monk can tear a Hypatia from the pursuit of philosophy and throw her to a rabble of insane monastics to be dragged to a violent death.... Man has made himself a law unto himself, publishing it in his pretended "heavenly" revelations, dogmas, and statutes. Woman is not constructing a law unto herself, and she is putting it forth, not on a pretendedly supernatural, but on a natural basis.

नारी की हीनता का मिथक इतने लंबे समय से चला आ रहा है कि खुद महिलाओं के लिए भी इस बात पर विश्वास करना मुश्किल हो गया है कि उनका अपना लिंग कभी एक समय और बहुत लंबे समय तक श्रेष्ठ और प्रभावी लिंग हुआ करता था।

So long has the myth of feminine inferiority prevailed that women themselves find it hard to believe that their own sex was once and for a very long time the superior and dominant sex.

So long has the myth of feminine inferiority prevailed that women themselves find it hard to believe that their own sex was once and for a very long time the superior and dominant sex.

अटकलें लगाना मूर्खतापूर्ण है, लेकिन मैंने कई ऐसे राजनीतिक अनुमान देखे हैं जिनसे लगता है कि तालिबान शायद बहुत कम समय में देश के ज़्यादातर हिस्से पर, और संभवतः काबुल पर भी, कब्ज़ा कर सकता है।

Speculation is a fool's game, but I've seen many political projections that look like the Taliban could hold most of the country, and possibly Kabul, within perhaps a short time.

Speculation is a fool's game, but I've seen many political projections that look like the Taliban could hold most of the country, and possibly Kabul, within perhaps a short time.

खेती-किसानी अब जीवन के लिए अनिवार्य बन चुकी है; जंगल, झील और महासागर इंसानों के इस बढ़ते परिवार का पेट भरने में सक्षम नहीं हैं; खेती के घटने के साथ आबादी भी कम होती जाती है, और कृषि के समाप्त होने के साथ ही राष्ट्रों का अस्तित्व भी मिट जाता है।

Agriculture has become essential to life; the forest, the lake, and the ocean cannot sustain the increasing family of man; population declines with a declining cultivation, and nations have ceased to be with the extinction of their agriculture.

Agriculture has become essential to life; the forest, the lake, and the ocean cannot sustain the increasing family of man; population declines with a declining cultivation, and nations have ceased to be with the extinction of their agriculture.

यह एक ऐसा शानदार स्थान है जिसकी महक 1950 के दशक की याद दिलाती है, जब हर कोई स्टार्च वाली सफ़ेद शर्ट, काली पैंट और बेहतरीन क्रू-कट बाल रखता था और बड़े-बड़े औद्योगिक प्रोजेक्ट्स पर काम करता था

It is an impressive place that smells like the 1950s, when everyone wore starch white shirts and black slacks and perfect crewcuts and worked on massive industrial projects

It is an impressive place that smells like the 1950s, when everyone wore starch white shirts and black slacks and perfect crewcuts and worked on massive industrial projects

ठीक जैसे प्राचीन रोम और ग्रीस के गहनतम दर्शन ने इज़राइल की वेदी से अपनी मशाल जलाई थी, वैसे ही पापी या अनश्वर कवियों के मधुरतम गीत भी सिय्योन की पहाड़ी पर रचे गए साजों से निकले थे।

As the profoundest philosophy of ancient Rome and Greece lighted her taper at Israel's altar, so the sweetest strains of the pagan muse were swept from harps attuned on Zion's hill.

As the profoundest philosophy of ancient Rome and Greece lighted her taper at Israel's altar, so the sweetest strains of the pagan muse were swept from harps attuned on Zion's hill.

इस प्रकार, अंततः, स्ट्रैंड में बनाए जा रहे नए पैलेस ऑफ़ जस्टिस में एकता का एक दृश्य प्रतीक प्रतिदिन उभर रहा था, जो दुनिया की वाणिज्यिक राजधानी के ऐतिहासिक केंद्र वेस्टमिंस्टर के ऐतिहासिक स्थल से आधी दूरी पर था; तभी सुधारकों के मन में समान सिद्धांतों, समान कानून और समान प्रक्रिया के साथ एक महान और एकजुट सर्वोच्च न्यायालय (सुप्रीम कोर्ट) का सपना आकार लेने लगा।

Thus, at long last, as a visible emblem of unity was daily growing in the new Palace of Justice then being erected in the Strand, half way between the historic site of Westminster the historic centre of the commercial capital of the world, there began to grow up, in the minds of reformers, the vision of a great and united Supreme Court of Justice, with uniform principles, uniform law, and uniform procedure.

Thus, at long last, as a visible emblem of unity was daily growing in the new Palace of Justice then being erected in the Strand, half way between the historic site of Westminster the historic centre of the commercial capital of the world, there began to grow up, in the minds of reformers, the vision of a great and united Supreme Court of Justice, with uniform principles, uniform law, and uniform procedure.

केवल तभी जब कोई विवादित मुद्दा लंबे समय तक रक्तपात और अशांति का कारण बनता है, या जब कोई सफल आक्रमणकारी (चाहे वह सैन्य हो या वैचारिक) किसी बदलाव पर जोर देता है, तब एक नया कानून या संहिता (कोड) तैयार करना आवश्यक हो जाता है।

Only when a disputed point has long caused bloodshed and disturbance, or when a successful invader (military or theological) insists on a change, is it necessary to draw up a code.

Only when a disputed point has long caused bloodshed and disturbance, or when a successful invader (military or theological) insists on a change, is it necessary to draw up a code.

शायद 1852 के सुधारों की प्रभावशीलता का सबसे बड़ा प्रमाण यह तथ्य है कि थोड़ी बाद की पीढ़ी के लोग, जो आधी शताब्दी बाद अदालतों के कामकाज से परिचित थे, इस बात पर विश्वास करने में कठिनाई महसूस करते हैं कि उस वर्ष के कानून द्वारा स्पष्ट रूप से वर्णित कुप्रथाएँ वास्तव में उन्नीसवीं शताब्दी के मध्य में मौजूद थीं।

Perhaps the best testimony to the effectiveness of the reforms of 1852 is the fact, that men of a slightly later generation, familiar with the working of the courts half a century after, find it difficult to believe that such abuses as are plainly described by the legislation of that year, should really have existed in the middle of the nineteenth century.

Perhaps the best testimony to the effectiveness of the reforms of 1852 is the fact, that men of a slightly later generation, familiar with the working of the courts half a century after, find it difficult to believe that such abuses as are plainly described by the legislation of that year, should really have existed in the middle of the nineteenth century.

यह सच है कि 'कॉज़े' (कानूनी कारणों) पर आधारित अनुबंध का कानून हमेशा एक मनमाना और लचीलापनहीन कानून रहेगा; लेकिन यह एक ऐसा कानून है जिससे आज के समय में कुछ महान राष्ट्र संतुष्ट हैं।

It is true, that a Law of Contract based on causae will always be an arbitrary and inelastic law; but it is a kind of law with which some great nations are satisfied at the present day.

It is true, that a Law of Contract based on causae will always be an arbitrary and inelastic law; but it is a kind of law with which some great nations are satisfied at the present day.

बॉनी एंड क्लाइड सिर्फ एक बड़ी हिट फिल्म ही नहीं बनी, बल्कि एक ऐसी फिल्म बन गई जो युवा दर्शकों के दिलों में स्कॉच के पहले घूंट की तरह उतर गई। इसने उनके पहनावे, बोलचाल और तौर-तरीकों को प्रभावित किया। हालांकि यह फिल्म तीस के दशक पर आधारित थी, लेकिन इसमें 1966 का अहसास था, जो अमेरिकी युवाओं की याद में सबसे खतरनाक दौर था।

Bonnie and Clyde became not just a big hit, but a movie that went through young audiences like a first slug of Scotch. It affected clothes, talk, manners. Though set in the thirties it had the feeling of 1966, the most dangerous moment in American young people remembered.

Bonnie and Clyde became not just a big hit, but a movie that went through young audiences like a first slug of Scotch. It affected clothes, talk, manners. Though set in the thirties it had the feeling of 1966, the most dangerous moment in American young people remembered.