--- title: "6 Centuries People Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 6 Centuries People quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Centuries People sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d11/margaret-macmillan-5907_alike_individual-lives-remind-us-that-there-is_60354.jpg" --- > [Individual lives remind us that there is something called a common humanity and that, over the centuries, there have been people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-macmillan/individual-lives-remind-us-that-there-is-something-called-a-common/) [Margaret MacMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-macmillan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d11/margaret-macmillan-5907_alike_individual-lives-remind-us-that-there-is_60354.jpg) > [When you're changing centuries, people get curious about the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-j-sawyer/when-you-re-changing-centuries-people-get-curious-about-the-future/) [Robert J. Sawyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-j-sawyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a4/robert-j-sawyer-3858_about_when-you-re-changing-centuries-people-ge_281188.jpg) > [ “I love Italy. For hundreds of years, if not centuries, the people of italy (Italians) have been living here." \[Audrey's insight\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-gleisner/i-love-italy-for-hundreds-of-years-if-not-centuries-the-people-of/) [Tom Gleisner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-gleisner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b25/tom-gleisner-102380_chefs_i-love-italy-for-hundreds-of-years-if-no_723266.jpg) > [In the 16th and 17th centuries, most people in Britain lived in small village communities. They knew all their neighbours. They dressed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-colley/in-the-16th-and-17th-centuries-most-people-in-britain-lived-in-small/) [Linda Colley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-colley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ad/linda-colley-3299_language_in-the-16th-and-17th-centuries-most-peop_1054697.jpg) > [“Now as I stood on the roof of my house, taking in this unexpected view, it struck me how rather glorious it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/now-as-i-stood-on-the-roof-of-my-house-taking-in-this-unexpected-view/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a43/bill-bryson-340_daily-business_now-as-i-stood-on-the-roof-of-my-house-t_1912408.png) > [“He'd observed over the centuries that what made people old was when they could no longer keep up with change. It's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alma-katsu/he-d-observed-over-the-centuries-that-what-made-people-old-was-when/) [Alma Katsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alma-katsu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/alma-katsu-30781_centuries_he-d-observed-over-the-centuries-that-wh_3012505.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/centuries-people/#itemlist", "name": "Centuries People Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Individual lives remind us that there is something called a common humanity and that, over the centuries, there have been people who have lived and breathed and sometimes worried about very different things and sometimes worried about the same things we do.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Margaret MacMillan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-macmillan/individual-lives-remind-us-that-there-is-something-called-a-common/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d11/margaret-macmillan-5907_alike_individual-lives-remind-us-that-there-is_60354.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d11/margaret-macmillan-5907_alike_individual-lives-remind-us-that-there-is_60354.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d11/margaret-macmillan-5907_alike_individual-lives-remind-us-that-there-is_60354.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Individual lives remind us that there is something called a common humanity and that, over the centuries…” — Margaret MacMillan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you're changing centuries, people get curious about the future.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert J. 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