Papa Hegel he say that all we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history. I know people who can't even learn from what happened this morning. Hegel must have been taking the long view. John Brunner
I have been taking my daily walk round the island, and visited the sugar mill and the threshing mill again. Fanny Kemble
Why had I taken all those useless classes like bio and German when I should have been taking lipreading? Meg Cabot
In terms of weapons, the best disarmament tool so far is nuclear energy. We have been taking down the Russian warheads, turning it into electricity. 10 percent of American electricity comes from decommissioned warheads. Stewart Brand
I keep forcing, I keep learning new things in the game, and so far I have been taking challenges as they come. Viswanathan Anand
The impact of the downturn is starting to feel very real. House prices and the housing market have been taking the knock for some time and that's affecting people. Lucy Powell