Only barbarians are not curious about where they come from, how they came to be where they are, where they appear to be going, whether they wish to go there, and if so, why, and if not, why not. Isaiah Berlin
Your absence of mind we have borne, till your presence of body came to be called in question by it. Charles Lamb
Experts always know everything but the fine points. When I took my citizenship exams, no one there knew how the White House came to be called the White House. Hedy Lamarr
The history of science shows that the progress of science has constantly been hampered by the tyrannical influence of certain conceptions that finally came to be considered as dogma. Louis de Broglie
We have been troubled about the world, and had almost lost faith in man; it helps to think about the long history of the earth, and of how life came to be. And when we think in terms of millions of years, we are not so impatient that our own problems be solved tomorrow. Rachel Carson
We must go back and reclaim our past so we can move forward; so we understand why and how we came to be who we are today. Ghana Proverb