History Quotes · Page 238

Missouri has a rich history and diverse heritage that deserves a proper celebration.

— Mike Parson

Human history is the sad result of each one looking out for himself.

— Julio Cortazar

The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie.

— Joseph Brodsky

“up up If someone deprives you of history deprives you of your future”

— Thabiso Monkoe

“I have a degree in history, which is one of the reasons I’m an auto mechanic.”

— Patricia Briggs

I find that the history books that we teach our kids with are not fully truthful, in my opinion.

— Jesse Ventura

The profound thinker always suspects that he is superficial.

— Benjamin Disraeli

I will have to play at my best and sometimes it's not enough to win. He is the best player in history.

— Rafael Nadal

If someone had told me in high school that one day I'd write an historical novel, I would have rolled my eyes.

— Nancy Horan

The Jew has his anchorage not in place but in time, in his highly developed sense of history as personal context. Six…

— George Steiner

“Hay que ser duro pero jamas perder la ternura. [It is necessary to be hard but never to lose the tenderness]”

— Che Guevara

Fortunately, historians are now beginning to recognise the historic role of Islam as a liberating force for peoples oppressed by the burdens…

— Aly Khan

Even a cursory run through American history shows exceptionalism has been used to justify bloodshed, oppression, and profit.

— Ben Fountain

It is my ambition to be, as a private individual, abolished and voided from history, leaving it markless.

— William Faulkner

“All these mystics, throughout history, all over the world, they all found their way to enlightenment by physical suffering.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

“Never once in the history of receiving good news has someone ever replied, “It’s okay. I understand.” Those words are reserved for…

— Sandra L. Rostirolla

For the score of 'Black Panther,' the heart and soul came from immersing myself in the rich musical history of the griots…

— Ludwig Goransson

It is not often that nations learn from the past even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it. For the…

— Henry A. Kissinger

For children, diversity needs to be real and not merely relegated to learning the names of the usual suspects during Black History…

— John Ridley

Now is the time to take stock of a painful part of our history. Only then can we move past it. Anything…

— Perry Bellegarde

Hitler, who founded the Third Reich, who ruled it ruthlessly and often with uncommon shrewdness, who led it to such dizzy heights…

— William L. Shirer

From now on there is no longer any development immanent to art. The times have passed for history of art with a…

— Arnold Gehlen

Look at electricity in human history - it took a few decades for electricity to really revolutionize the American economy. And the…

— Tyler Cowen

The value of history is, indeed, not scientific but moral: by liberalizing the mind, by deepening the sympathies, by fortifying the will,…

— Carl L. Becker

The total history of almost anyone would shock almost everyone.

— Mignon McLaughlin

History is nothing except monsters or victims. Or witnesses.

— Chuck Palahniuk

History offers some consolation by reminding us that sin has flourished in every age.

— Will Durant

The historical sense involves a perception, not only of the pastness of the past, but of its presence

— Anonymous

“Still, history is the long process of outsourcing human ability in order to leverage more of it.”

— richard powers

God in His providence hasn't called us to watch history, but to shape history by praying in His Name.

— David Platt

Since God himself cannot change the past, He is obliged to tolerate the existence of historians.

— Samuel Butler

People don't have knowledge and understanding about the outside world, or about history [in the USA].

— Noam Chomsky

“All stories are made of both truths and lies, [...] What matters is the way that we believe in them.”

— Stephanie Garber

Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.

— G. Edward Griffin

“What’s this war called again?” “The Hundred Years War.” “Hmmmm, got a bad feeling about this one.”

— Karl Wiggins

I don't want to big myself up, but goals like mine leave a mark on history because they're rare.

— Olivier Giroud

I really am enjoying my economics class, but I think my favorite course has to be history.

— Molly Quinn

He who puts out his hand to stop the wheel of history will have his fingers crushed.

— Lech Walesa

“Demikianlah kepercayaan rakyat! Darimana asal kepercayaan ini, saya tidak tahu dengan pasti.”

— Sulastin Sutrisno

Prayer joined to sacrifice constitutes the most powerful force in human history.

— Pope John Paul II