A Quote by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

History is full of surprises.

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

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Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
American - Historian
October 15, 1917 - February 28, 2007

My life is so full of surprises, nothing surprises me any more.

Kim Wilde

One of the things I know from the study of history is that history surprises you. History is not written. It's not inevitable.The victory of evil is not certain.

Salman Rushdie

Life is full of surprises. We've seen on the NBA court a lot of surprises. You never know what's going to happen if we play smart, if we play hard, if we play together.

Zaza Pachulia

Life is full of little surprises. Time travel is full of big ones.

David Gerrold

From Jefferson to Jackson to Lincoln to FDR to Reagan, every great president inspires enormous affection and enormous hostility. We'll all be much saner, I think, if we remember that history is full of surprises and things that seemed absolutely certain one day are often unimaginable the next.