I've lived history. I've made history, and I know I'll have my place in history. That's not egoism. — John Diefenbaker Copy Share Image
The history of England is emphatically the history of progress. — Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild Copy Share Image
“There is no history; there is only biography,” Emerson once wrote.” — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
Stories, like conjuring tricks, are invented because history is inadequate for our dreams. — Steven Millhauser Copy Share Image
As women, we're probably more protective of children. Also, we've been minors all of our history — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
I have played some of the great men in history and I believe in the great man who does heroic deeds, even… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
The historian must not try to know what is truth, if he values his honesty; for if he cares for his truths,… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
I do not want history to record me as someone who has bequeathed to his nation the institution of despotism. — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Copy Share Image
Only a handful of men and women leave an imprint on the conscience of a nation and on the history that they… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Look at the chaos of European history. Europeans cannot believe in certainty. But Americans believe in certainty. Americans think this can go… — Carl Andre Copy Share Image
Without exaggeration, hyperbole or conflict of interest, 'On My Block' is the best teen show in the history of teen shows. — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
History informs us of past mistakes from which we can learn without repeating them. It also inspires us and gives confidence and… — William H. Hastie Copy Share Image
No matter what the history of your day has entailed thus far, the rest of your day depends on what you do… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
Of course Jade we would love to keep you around! Dallas added his two cents. Yeah who is gonna clean the house… — Jade Copy Share Image
“On the human imagination events produce the effects of time. Thus he who has travelled far and seen much is apt to… — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
One of the things that will probably need to be addressed is in the treatment of history, i.e. the Presidential Papers Act.… — Ted Gup Copy Share Image
It would strike me as ridiculous to want to doubt the existence of Napoleon; but if someone doubted the existence of the… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
The complicated, ambiguous milieu of human contact is being replaced with simple, scalable equations. We maintain thousands more friends than any human… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Furthermore, a society with no sense of the past, with no sense of the human role as significant not merely in experiencing… — Robert Penn Warren Copy Share Image
The risk is that you've got a vast majority of the electorate saying that they believe the country is going seriously in… — Jonathan Karl Copy Share Image
I have to tell you that J.S. Bach was easily the greatest musical innovator in the history of the world. He was… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
I'm not as much a history person as an art person, but I mean, you can read history through art. — Kristen Wiig Copy Share Image
Men like M. de Talleyrand are like sharp instruments with which it is dangerous to play. — Klemens von Metternich Copy Share Image
I was alive when the Dead Sea was just a lake that was feeling a little poorly. — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Man is above all else mind, consciousness -- that is, he is a product of history, not of nature. — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions. — Henry James Sumner Maine Copy Share Image
He who defines his conduct by ethics imprisons his song-bird in a cage. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
How many writers in history have ever been as famous as Stephen King? He casts an awfully long shadow. — Christopher Golden Copy Share Image
The truth is usually left for us to hunt and gather independently, if we are so inclined. — Raquel Cepeda Copy Share Image
History is nothing more than the belief in the senses, the belief in falsehood. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Throughout history, females have picked providers for males. Males pick anything. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
It has been a woman's task throughout history to go on believing in life when there was almost no hope. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
If cats could write history, their history would be mostly about cats. — Eugen Weber Copy Share Image
“History doesn't repeat itself, but it harmonizes, and what it usually makes is the devil's music.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
