Author: Jill Lepore

Quotes

The study of history requires investigation, imagination, empathy, and respect. Reverence just doesn't enter into it.

The study of history requires investigation, imagination, empathy, and respect. Reverence just doesn't enter into it.

- Jill Lepore

The idea of progress - the notion that human history is the history of human betterment - dominated the world view of the West between the Enlightenment and the First World War.

The idea of progress - the notion that human history is the history of human betterment - dominated the world view of the West between the Enlightenment and the First World War.

- Jill Lepore

Disruptive innovation is competitive strategy for an age seized by terror.

Disruptive innovation is competitive strategy for an age seized by terror.

- Jill Lepore

Democracy is difficult and demanding. So is history. It can crack your voice; it can stir your soul; it can break your heart.

Democracy is difficult and demanding. So is history. It can crack your voice; it can stir your soul; it can break your heart.

- Jill Lepore

In antihistory, time is an illusion.

In antihistory, time is an illusion.

- Jill Lepore

When business became big business - conglomerates employing hundreds and even thousands of people - companies divided themselves into still smaller units.

When business became big business - conglomerates employing hundreds and even thousands of people - companies divided themselves into still smaller units.

- Jill Lepore

No nation has a single history, no people a single song.

No nation has a single history, no people a single song.

- Jill Lepore

The Karen Ann Quinlan case is where the right to life and the right to die got bound together, and I don't think they've ever gotten untangled.

The Karen Ann Quinlan case is where the right to life and the right to die got bound together, and I don't think they've ever gotten untangled.

- Jill Lepore

Desktop computers - boxes inside boxes - began appearing in those cubicles in the mid-eighties, electrical cords curling on the floor like so many ropes.

Desktop computers - boxes inside boxes - began appearing in those cubicles in the mid-eighties, electrical cords curling on the floor like so many ropes.

- Jill Lepore

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