History Quotes · Page 176

To understand a man, you must know his memories. The same is true of a nation.

— Anthony Quayle

This is the room where Jezebel frescoed her eyelids with history's tragic glitter

— Tom Robbins

“History teaches us that man learns nothing from history.”

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

“History has a cruel way of disappointing optimists.”

— Keith Thompson

History is the record of an encounter between character and circumstances.

— Donald Creighton

I do think Donald Trump would be a catastrophic turn in American history.

— George Packer

We know the history of players at Real Madrid and things are not easy at that club.

— Michael Ballack

For me, the work we did to turn around 'Toy Story 2' was the defining moment in Pixar's history.

— Edwin Catmull

Racism is an ism to which everyone in the world today is exposed; for or against, we must take sides. And the…

— Ruth Benedict

“Words are made by history, we build them and they change meaning through time, but the music they play...”

— Claire North

“Never question the power of one! Throughout history it has been the actions of only one person who has in inspired the…

— Steve Maraboli

Strange are the ways of history, where no single thing abides, but all things flow into each other, fragment to fragment clinging.

— Han Suyin

We owe an historic debt to American Indians. They have a unique set of concerns that haven't been addressed, and I'd like…

— Al Franken

If your boyfriend or girlfriend has no texts in their phone's history, chances are you're being cheated on.

— Anonymous

I'm the longest-serving secretary of state in Illinois, but I also want to go down in history as one of the best…

— Jesse White

History is the recital of facts represented as true. Fable, on the other hand, is the recital of facts represented as fiction.

— Voltaire

I have great love and respect for Russian history and culture. But the world is changing and Russia is too. Russia is…

— Vladimir Putin

“Efforts to remove the Christian faith from subjects like American history distort the content of the subject. Just as wrong is the…

— Ronald H. Nash

Think about it: you've already related it down to something that somebody else can understand. If art relates to something - it's…

— Lawrence Weiner

When I was exposed to the history and the cultural background of why women whose husbands die, why they have to become…

— Deepa Mehta

I am not blind to the shortcomings of our own people. I am not unaware that leaders betray, and sell out, and…

— Mother Jones

Throughout the history of el Bulli, there have been many changes in its organisation or philosophy. This is another one of those…

— Ferran Adria

...regrettable as it may seem to the idealist, the experience of history provides little warrant for the belief that real progress, and…

— B. H. Liddell Hart

“As recent history of the web demonstrates, the ease or difficulty of doing a particular action impacts the likelihood that a behavior…

— Nir Eyal

Confederate statues belong in a historical museum, not in a place of honor.

— Bill Nelson

“Black History Month has been extended indefinitely by The Bronzeville Press.”

— Harold Lee Rush

We need a war every 10 years, so we can stay match fit in case the Germans try again.

— Al Murray

A man will not need to study history to find out what is best for his own culture.

— Henry David Thoreau

I don't want to go into history; I want to go into the Canal Zone.

— Omar Torrijos Herrera

There is no law of history any more than of a kaleidoscope.

— John Ruskin

Our mental maps are distorted by who are the 'winners' of history and who are the powers of today.

— Norman Davies

History is not fable agreed upon, but truth disagreed upon.

— Ivan Panin

Too often in recent history liberal governments have been wrecked on rocks of loose fiscal policy.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

What is love??? In math a problem, In history a war, In chemistry a reaction, And in drawing a heart.

— Laine

From the totalitarian point of view, history is something to be created rather than learned.

— George Orwell

History has proved that dictators can't last forever.

— Lee Hyeon-seo

“We learn from history that we do not learn from history. FRIEDRICH HEGEL”

— Edward Luce

More than just a sobering history lesson, 'Angry Birds' is a beautiful game. It's absolutely lovely.

— Paul F. Tompkins

Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away, history will teach us nothing.

— Sting

History never really says goodbye. History says, 'See you later.'

— Eduardo Galeano