History Quotes · Page 204

It is expedient that there should be gods, and, since it is expedient, let us believe that gods exist.

— Ovid

I hope to be remembered one day as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, fighter in MMA history.

— Patricio Freire

The most famous athletes throughout the history of time are fighters.

— Dana White

I think if you come from a history of persecution you have to develop a sense of humour.

— Sacha Baron Cohen

The lesson of history is rarely learned by the actors themselves.

— Anonymous

“Because of her, I would literally save history. And I would also regret it for the rest of my life.”

— David A. Goodman

Great Britain provided time; the United States provided money and Soviet Russia provided blood.

— Joseph Stalin

I love history, doesn't matter what era, I'm fascinated.

— Tom Petty

For a whole historic period after World War II, US capitalism was the strongest in the world and could afford to concede…

— Kshama Sawant

The attacking philosophy is in the walls of Man United. That's tradition; that's history. That's how we play and want to play.

— Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

“Nothing in the study of history is cheaper than the exercise of unearned self-righteousness that derives from nothing more virtuous than ordinary…

— Edwin Yoder

You know, I had never heard of the Tulsa Riots - and I think something like 42 percent of Americans hadn't -…

— Wunmi Mosaku

“This side of the Kingdom of God upon Earth, it is a melancholy human fact that those who beat their swords into…

— Markham Shaw Pyle

“What I'm going to tell you now," he said, "may sound incredible. But then, when you're not accustomed to history, most facts…

— Aldous Huxley

In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought…

— Charles De Gaulle

I once read that more millionaires per capita were created during the Great Depression than at any other time in history.

— Harry S. Dent

“The historical record contradicts the assumption that the Nazis sentenced large numbers of people to death during World War II for telling…

— Rudolph Herzog

“His face was a study in concentration and empathy, as if every word I said was of supreme importance. It was that…

— Amy Harmon

If the emperor had capriciously decreed the death of the most eminent and virtuous citizen of the republic, the cruel order would…

— Edward Gibbon

In some far-off distant time, when the twentieth century history of primitive computing is just a murky memory, someone is likely to…

— Charles Petzold

Adam Clayton Powell's entire political career has to be looked at in the entire context of the American history and the history…

— Malcolm X

we defer therefore till this time twelve month to avail ourselves of the instruction of that place, and particularly of your kindness…

— Thomas Jefferson

It's definitely particular to each situation, but whether it is a long history, or someone that you're intimidated by, or someone that…

— John Krasinski

“The earth will always be the same - only cities and history will change, even nations will change, governments and governors will…

— Jack Kerouac

One of the best ways to celebrate righteous history is to make more of it, make more righteous history!

— Spencer W. Kimball

I want to take a different way and make my own path and change history and be a legend.

— Park Jae Beom (Jay Park

The background - your own history - is way more important than what you can achieve as a professional.

— Javier Bardem

If you don't know your history, you can't know your future.

— Lenny Henry

The goal, as Compaq has stated all along in its history, is to support an open industry standard.

— Eckhard Pfeiffer

[James Mattis] is a student of history. He's a strategic thinker.

— Michele Flournoy

Everyday create your history, every path you take you're leaving your legacy.

— Michael Jackson

It is sometimes hard to escape the belief that history exists against the artist.

— Hisham Matar

“Today is the last day of History. The World's newest sunrise.”

— Adam C. Goff

“(Poem on anorexic): The only way to escape the history of styles is not to have a body.”

— Frank Bidart

In the history of women's tennis the great players have come back from long absences with no problems.

— Lindsay Davenport

“Account books form a narrative as engaging as any tale of sea monsters or cannibals.”

— Hilary Mantel

I still love the whole history of Jazz. The old things sound better than ever.

— Steve Lacy

“Every step in life tends risky, face it to write a story wen it bcums an History”

— Bukoye micheal

In Europe, fans have been living and breathing their team's colors and history for decades.

— Jozy Altidore

History is nothing but assisted and recorded memory.

— George Santayana