Historical Discussions Enthusiast Gifts

The Colonel entreats with Sir Barnes Newcome.

'... And some primitive cultures, believed that 'the great ones' modelled us from clay.'

"You're fired."

"Let's just say I have a pre-existing condition."

'The church says the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round for I have seen the shadow on the Moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the Church.'

"I think he was a celebrity."

Southwark Fair.

"I don’t know what your invention’s called, but it’s really irritating."

The International and May Day Terrorism

Cut!

School. Report Card. You couldn't name the presidents and flunked history? Yeah -- It's not what you know, it's who you know.

"O.K., O.K., people - we're not workshopping these, they're already set in stone."

Mr. Punch's Fancy Ball

Trump secret police

Paul Ree

"Could you all please pay attention while I go through the emergency procedure. . ."

"Yes, I said bring me the king. . .But not that king."

"Oh, mournful and terrible engine of horror and crime—of agony and of death, not asparagus again!"

"... And to our friends in the Liberal Democratic party I award thirty pieces of silver."

"All my symptoms are old ... "

That's What Happens

Cover Design for the Yellow Book, Vol 3- Street Lamps Lighting a Lady's Toilet Mirror

Archimedes, Galileo, Copernicus

"Your rule about no yelling out in class...that's a violation of my 1st Amendment rights!"

'Are we there yet?'

Pearly King and Queen

The High Line at Giza

"Our focus group will butcher your focus group."

After the Sentence

"You think two weeks in isolation is hard?"

'One more curse out of you, young man, and it's right down to the principal's office.'

Newton had actually discovered gravity at a family dinner in his early childhood.

The Other Cooperstown

"America’s leaders since 1980"

'If we get out of this alive, I'm going to have a darn good look at your resume.'