History Quotes · Page 103

No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.

— Althea Gibson

World War II was the last government program that really worked.

— George Will

Don't forget about the past, learn from it, or the history have a ways of repeating it.

— Ngan Hoai Tran Vo

“He did not waste time in a vain search for a place in history.”

— Dejan Stojanovic

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

— Friedrich Engels

Our official histories of our countries and societies are made of forgetfulness,

— Mia Couto

A people without the memories of heroic suffering and sacrifices are a people without a history.

— John Brown Gordon

I used to play with model trains when I was a kid, and then I used to study history.

— Alan Taylor

“precious laughing time is wasted, because I have to put up with Satan's stupid minions who smile without attempting to anger somebody…

— A Gentlemen

I think history has shown that the worst way to [try to] bring people over and actually change public opinion is by…

— E. O. Wilson

I saw 'The 39 Clues' as a potential vehicle for doing some education in a fun way - to take some of…

— Rick Riordan

“Dualism::In Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man I am outside of history. i wish i had some peanuts, it looks hungry there in the…

— Ishmael Reed

Nixon is one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides…

— Harry S Truman

Though the contradictions of war seem sudden and simultaneous, history stalks before it strikes. Something tolerated soon becomes something good.

— Anne Michaels

To pitch a perfect game wearing pinstripes at Yankee Stadium, it's unbelievable. Growing up a Yankee fan, to come out here and…

— David Wells

“Who knows what's for true once a time is past? There's no way to prove how something was that's gone. And if…

— Jo Dereske

You tend to think that your time is either the best or the worst, and then when you have a sense of…

— Desmond Tutu

That is the story of our history - whether it's the pursuit of prosperity for our people or the struggle for equality…

— Barack Obama

My history of moving away from drugs is not the kind you hear from most people. Certainly not from celebrities, especially those…

— George Carlin

When a market makes a historic high, it is telling you something. No matter how many people tell you why the market…

— Larry Hite

We need the historian and philosopher to give us with trenchant pen, the story of our forefathers, and let our soul and…

— Arturo Alfonso Schomburg

“Until this point in history, it was advantageous for a person to claim to be autistic when one really wasn't autistic at…

— Thomas D. Taylor

Our Press and our schools cultivate Chauvinism, militarism, dogmatism, conformism and ignorance. The arbitrary power of the Government is unlimited, and unexampled…

— Arthur Koestler

For example, in England, we teach about Expressionism, but it is not the same in England as it is in Germany, because…

— Michael Craig-Martin

Plot makes the character just as history makes the man.

— Thomas Steinbeck

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills and proclamations.

— John Barth

The Confederate Constitution was almost identical to that of the United States.

— Bruce Catton

Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.

— Gavin Bryars

You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them

— Haruki Murakami

People of the world will reject your reminders, because it reminds them that this world is temporary.

— Hamza Yusuf

In solitude we have our dreams to ourselves, and in company we agree to dream in concert.

— Samuel Johnson

We are pioneers and the history of pioneers is not that good.

— Jeff Bezos

An integral part of any best friend's job is to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

— Darynda Jones

History is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.

— Ian Fleming

But reason has no power against feeling, and feeling older than history is no light matter.

— Charlotte Perkins Gilman

I like places that have history in the sense of - you feel responsible to it.

— Chris Stapleton

Woe unto the defeated, whom history treads into the dust.

— Arthur Koestler

The research phase was really fascinating - I'm not a closeted nerd, I'm an out-of-the-closet nerd.

— Natalie Merchant

The Ukraine has a long history of either being part of the Soviet Union or within that sphere.

— Rand Paul

We all love Conor McGregor's fights. I mean he's the biggest combat sports star in history probably.

— Mike Perry