History Quotes · Page 98

Reality has a long history of not altering itself to make us happy or comfortable.

— Philip Gulley

It is historical continuity that maintains most assumptions, not repeated assessment of their validity.

— Edward de Bono

“The history of all hitherto existing society8 is the history of class struggles.”

— Karl Marx

“Knowledge can never imprison you, but you can be captive to your ignorance.”

— A.E. Samaan

There was a time in American history when almost every white person knew who Aretha Franklin was.

— Peabo Bryson

I guess I've played a lot of victims, but that's what a lot of the history of women is about.

— Jodie Foster

“My walk through the cemetery was an acquaintance with local history.”

— Christopher S. Wren

“It is better to give your path to a dog than to be bitten by him, contesting for the right.”

— Abe Lincoln

I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But that's now history.

— Colin Powell

To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit of different interpretations.

— Andre Gide

The idea that anybody might be allowed to use their common sense when clearly no harm is being done is part of…

— Tom Stoppard

History is the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instructor of the present, and monitor…

— Miguel de Cervantes

“The historic atmosphere was there, certainly; but the historic atmosphere, scientifically considered, was no better than a villainous miasma”

— Henry James

You cannot just quote from history and above all you cannot take it out of context, in however humorous a fashion .…

— Gottfried Bohm

A broader reading of history shows that appeasement, no matter how it is labeled, never fulfills the hopes of the appeasers.

— Ronald Reagan

“Social progress and changes of historical period take place in proportion to the advance of women toward liberty, and social decline occurs…

— Charles Fourier

I don't want to revisit history or try to re-interpret it, you know, but starting from where we are now, given the…

— Jill Stein

Divine Providence has played a great part in our history. I have the feeling that God has created us and brought us…

— Harry S. Truman

There is no American history. There is no French history. There is no John Wideman. There are all these dreams that are…

— John Edgar Wideman

“Physicians do not systematically prescribe placebos to their patients. Hence they have no way of comparing the effects of the drugs they…

— Irving Kirsch

“It is not history. But I am beginning to wonder strongly what is the nature of history. Is it only memory in…

— Sebastian Barry

I know that Arnold Toynby, the great historian, said he had always hoped the religions of the world would evolve until they…

— John Shelby Spong

Man carries the world in his head, the whole astronomy and chemistry suspended in a thought. Because the history of nature is…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely won't. But…

— Dan Rather

I like American history, so I was aware of the participants and a lot of it.

— Kevin Costner

“History is the past that is definitely, hopefully not coming back.”

— Boris Zubry

If we are suppose to forget about the past, why do we have to take history class anyway?

— Anonymous

“Check the history, more people died for freedom than love, people need freedom before they need love.”

— Amit Kalantri

The greatest history book ever written is the one hidden in our DNA.

— Spencer Wells

“Fact and myth are history’s bedfellows; it’s hard to wake one without disturbing the other.”

— J.G. McKenney

“Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.”

— Otto von Bismarck

I'm a history nerd. Actually acting's the best job for somebody who loves weird, different stuff.

— Lauren Cohan

My goal is to have the best Divas reign in Divas history.

— Nikki Bella

People have an annoying habit of remembering things they shouldn't.

— Christopher Paolini

History is not melodrama, even if it usually reads like that.

— Robert Penn Warren

I don't have a long family history of good cooks in my family.

— Bobby Flay

“You don't realize your story is changing you until you look back.”

— Donald Miller

You got to look at Jon Jones and what he's done - the long history of legends that dude's beat.

— Jeremy Stephens

I don't look back on history. I want to look forward to the future.

— Vincent Janssen

History takes place between the Fall and the Apocalypse, with a narrow escape route called Salvation.

— Mason Cooley