"What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past." ― Victor Hugo Topic(s): Age Tags: history More From Victor Hugo "He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life." "Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters." "A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil." More In Age "At the age of 15 months my daughter was diagnosed with very bad asthma, and essentially I put my career on hold for a good eight years."― Paula Cole "There are signs that the age of petroleum has passed its zenith. Adjusted for inflation, a barrel of crude oil now sells for three times its long-run average. The large western oil companies, which cartellised the industry for much of the 20th century, are now selling more oil than they find, and are thus in the throes of liquidation."― James Buchan "There’s no way to approach anything in an objective way. We’re completely subjective; our view of the world is completely controlled by who we are as human beings, as men or women, by our age, our history, our profession, by the state of the world."― Charlie Kaufman