History Quotes · Page 90

“War isn't about making history war is about breaking the present.”

— Christoforos Darbinian

I find the name of Jesus Christ written on the top of every page of modern history.

— George Bancroft

The most persistent sound which reverberates through men's history is the beating of war drums

— Arthur Koestler

I would love to see the Church on the right side of history.

— Shane Claiborne

I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person.

— Ang Lee

“The lesson of history is that we don't learn the lessons of history.”

— Thomas G. Donlan

History is organized memory, and the organization is all important!

— Henry Steele Commager

I never thought I would write a memoir at age 40... but I did have this unique place in history.

— Dana Perino

One day America and all its presidents will be a footnote in history, but the kingdom of Jesus will never end.

— John Piper

“We do what we must to earn our place in the community, but we live for the hours at home. For each…

— Orson Scott Card

I can see myself wanting to write a historical novel - you don't need to worry about references to reality TV or…

— Irvine Welsh

We have numerous examples of perseverance in the scriptures, in secular history, and in our own experiences.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

I fully endorse the millennial goals to make (hunger) history, ... Those are big goals, but it's do-able.

— George McGovern

A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may…

— Walter Scott

I'd be willing to bet that any incursion throughout history in which the invading country has proclaimed it is bringing benefits to…

— Peter Shaffer

Richard Nixon had a kind of Walter Mitty fantasy life. He was a man with a grandiose thoughts: dreams of not simply…

— Robert Dallek

“Recently I've been dreaming of cursing old people with little provocation, because their culture has a long history of enslaving, raping, and…

— Matthew Rohrer

I am particularly fond of [Emmanuel Mendes da Costa's] Natural History of Fossils because this treatise, more than any other work written…

— Stephen Jay Gould

The history of this paper suggests that highly speculative investigations, especially by an unknown author, are best brought before the world through…

— John William Strutt

“Villicus Vadum: Soldier Of Fortune by Stewart Stafford I am the ghost of lupine Romulus, Founder of Rome, hear my tale, Of…

— Stewart Stafford

! What are you doing here?? And how did you know this was my room?? I was slightly weirded out. I said…

— Jade

No one can be certain where a nation which spans two continents, whose history begins in the faint traces of early civilization,…

— Harrison Salisbury

Putting together philosophy and children would have been difficult for most of history. But very fortunately for me, when I started graduate…

— Alison Gopnik

I want to know why I'm alive. I want to understand. It's like exploration; it's like someone being interested in a place…

— Juliette Binoche

The history of the business is very fascinating to me.

— Dean Ambrose

Everyone knows my history, everything I've done, who I went against - not just in MMA but kickboxing.

— Alex Pereira

“George, this is history," Lacon protested weakly. "This is not today.”

— John le Carré

“Liberty was fought with bullets, Blood was shed for independence, Sacrifices were made for freedom.”

— D.L. Lewis

There are several books out on punk history, but I haven't read any of them. I was there.

— Greg Ginn

If you keep on fighting progress, you might find yourself on the wrong side of history.

— Sesethu Maxamba

Fremantle is part of Perth - it's home to me. Amazing beaches, restaurants and history.

— Sam Kerr

It's not like I'm all into nostalgia and history, it's just that I can't stand the way things are now

— Novala Takemoto

For my entire life, I have held the cards of my complicated family history very close to my chest.

— Shaun King

“We are caught in a secret history, in a forest of symbols.”

— Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Luckily for writers - and unluckily for history - every scientific idea creates human conflict.

— Scott Westerfeld

War is one of the constants of history, and it has not diminished with civilization or democracy.

— Will Durant

“Politics is always related to the history and genealogy.”

— Toba Beta

Each person, as they live through history, can't see it all.

— David Grann

“The happiest countries, like the happiest women, have no history.”

— L.M. Montgomery

There's a lot of black history - my history - that I don't know about.

— Alison Hammond