History Quotes · Page 106

History is littered with the wars which everybody knew would never happen.

— Enoch Powell

Let no-one say the past is dead, the past is all about us and within.

— Oodgeroo Noonuccal

What you have to understand about period drama is that it's 'history light.

— Julian Fellowes

“You cannot have a dream and expect someone else's faith to make it a reality for you. Habakuk 2:4”

— Patience Johnson

The only important thing to realise about history is that it all took place in the last five minutes.

— Celia Green

The history of learning amounts to a history of specialization.

— Beryl Smalley

The musical theater is a glorious and distinctly American innovation in the history of theater.

— Diane Paulus

There hasn't been a military force like the United States of America in the history of the world.

— Rush Limbaugh

“Whenever you see a legend, you can be sure, if you go to the very bottom of things, that you will find…

— Vallet de Viriville

We are never real historians, but always near poets, and our emotion is perhaps nothing but an expression of a poetry that…

— Gaston Bachelard

We should ensure to teach the next generation something good. We have such rich literature and history. Why can't we make better…

— Alok Nath

“Shame, as an emotion, has a core meaning, in relating individuals to wider social groups and norms -- real or imagined.”

— Peter N. Stearns

“Statements that will hold good for all time are difficult to obtain in archaeology. The most that can be done at any…

— Jennifer K. McArthur

'A Talk to Teachers' is emblematic of Baldwin's proclivity for candor over political appeasement and, like much of his work, focusses on…

— Clint Smith

To this day people will say, 'What do you think about doing 'Playboy?'' I feel honored to be a part of that…

— Gena Lee Nolin

History is only the pattern of silken slippers descending the stairs to the thunder of hobnailed boots climbing upward from below.

— Voltaire

Let us be patient with one another, And even patient with ourselves. We have a long, long way to go. So let…

— Emily Greene Balch

We normally think of history as one catastrophe after another, war followed by war, outrage by outrage - almost as if history…

— Thomas Cahill

Now, I know it's a widespread assumption in the West that as countries modernize, they also westernize. This is an illusion. It's…

— Martin Jacques

“A daughter, a wife, a grandson,' You could say this place took away all I had. I could easily appear to be…

— Nadeem Aslam

I went to Seattle as just another geek in the food chain, thinking, "Well, in my own puny little way, I'd rather…

— Jello Biafra

“History is never something carved in stone, but more like something saved to a temporary cache file on a computer disk vulnerable…

— Anonymous

A man rising in the world is not concerned with history; he is too busy making it. But a citizen with a…

— Malcolm Cowley

“I wanted to believe that he came because he liked me, because he saw something in me that he didn't see in…

— Ryan Loveless

I don't want to give myself grades. I will leave evaluation of my achievements to history.

— Helmut Kohl

It's down to schools to educate children about their history, especially black history.

— Ashley Walters

The history of the United States is the story of people of many backgrounds.

— William Loren Katz

“Some of the projects in the archaeology and historic preservation program resemble our vision of”

— Wooldridge, Jane

Some history-making is intentional; much of it is accidental.

— Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

I don't care about history; all I care about is winning.

— Stipe Miocic

[The] curious phenomenon which has intrigued the entire world: The Cuban Revolution.

— Ernesto

“Ada masa-masa dimana kesulitanmu berguna dan diperlukan.”

— Cindy Adams

If you will read again what is written, you will see how it was.

— Black Elk

Everyone knows the history between me and Man United wasn't successful. I didn't want it like that.

— Memphis Depay

“Words create the stories that become history and become unforgettable.”

— Nina Sankovitch

Relationships would be easier if people came with a 'Clear History' button.

— Punkinhead Abhishek

I think so. 9/11 has been a turning point in American history, there's no doubt about that.

— Elie Wiesel

“Even if something just happened, it can still be history”

— Stephanie Kate Strohm

“Kama huijui historia ya Zanzibar kwa nini unajiita Mtanzania? Uzalendo ni pamoja na kuijua nchi yako.”

— Enock Maregesi

We have two and half million individual campaign contributions, more than any campaign in history.

— Bernie Sanders