History Quotes · Page 122

I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.

— Rosa Parks

I have certainly amassed many historical research gathering skills.

— Iris Chang

To make a living space, there first had to be a killing space.

— Niall Ferguson

Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented.

— Nancy Pelosi

The history of things that didn't happen has never been written.

— Henry A. Kissinger

“it is a constant of history that nations which start wars find it very hard to stop them.”

— Max Hastings

“Sometimes history is just an excuse for incompetence at getting along with each other.”

— Aleksandr Voinov

I think the history and the past we have is just an energy we've built up to do what we do now.

— Helmut Lang

All of history misses out on the history of the soul. Human passions are so often not included in history.

— Svetlana Alexievich

“There's a fine line between piety and wack-ass obsession, and people have been landing on the wrong side for thousands of years.”

— Jennifer Traig

“History shows: Whenever people try to pull you down, you will reach peaks of success. You just need the ability to ignore.”

— Debalina Haldar

“Probably in all our history no foe has been so detested as were the Japanese. Emotions forgotten since our most savage Indian…

— Allen Nevins

No one in the modern history of this country, no president, has done more to move toward a balanced budget than has…

— Mario Cuomo

They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.

— G. Gordon Liddy

If you look at the history of technology gadget makers, hardware makers, it's littered with the corpses of Palm and RIM and…

— Whitney Tilson

The clash between the aspirations of the people for a better life and the insistence of their rulers on building a powerful…

— Harrison Salisbury

I am a critic who is pulled toward history. But Bob Dylan himself is a great historian. He is an historian who…

— Greil Marcus

There is an old Arabic proverb, 'When the king puts the poet on his payroll, he cuts off the tongue of the…

— Pete Seeger

Given all that history has shown us of the consequences of technology - from the atlatl spear to the A-bomb - why…

— Stephanie Mills

People who teach American history survey classes have a lot of ground to cover and tend to focus on landmarks. You get…

— H. W. Brands

“I tell you, because military training is not publicly recognised by the state, you must not make that an excuse for being…

— Xenophon Memorabilia. 371BC Marchant translation

Nevada contains an extraordinary diversity of outdoor landscapes and recreation experiences. Red Rock Canyon, Black Rock Desert, Lake Tahoe and the Great…

— Jacky Rosen

“Progress in human affairs, whether in science or in history or in society, has come mainly through the bold readiness of human…

— Edward Hallett Carr

I always loved the Yorkshire members and was passionate about playing for the county, but the people who were running the club…

— Geoffrey Boycott

I am captivated more by dreams of the future than by the history of the past

— Thomas Jefferson

I love baseball history, and Wrigley Field is as good as it gets when it comes to that.

— Ben Zobrist

English history is aristocracy with the doors open. Who has courage and faculty, let him come in.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inaugurals conventionally start with a history lesson and finish with a prayer.

— Jonathan Raban

I promised her an interesting life and good food, and the rest is history.

— Bob Ehrlich

“Aku hanya mampu memberikan sedikit,tetapi besar artinya bagi mereka.”

— Cindy Adams

I majored in art history. But I took theater classes, and every semester I was in college productions.

— Lucy DeVito

Moments are history. If you have enough of them, they become a story.

— Adriana Trigiani

It is the greatest scam in history. I am amazed, appalled and highly offended by it.

— John Coleman

Yesterday's History. Tomorrow's a Mystery. So live for today.

— Carroll Shelby

Everybody was calling. I think everybody called every player in the league. Thats history right there.

— Dwyane Wade

The goal of female education must invariably be the future mother.

— Adolf Hitler

Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture.

— Ibrahim Babangida

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it without a sense of ironic futility.

— Errol Morris

“They say it is a wide road that leads to war and only a narrow path that leads home again.”

— Bob Massie

“Are you aiming for our make-up to be the shortest in history or what?”

— Kristen Ashley