History Quotes · Page 89

At least Satan fell; he has a history, and it's one of revenge.

— Ian McDiarmid

The only thing new in this world is the history that you don't know

— Harry S Truman

Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.

— William Allen White

Deadpool was intended, as Cable was, to be tied into Wolverine's history.

— Rob Liefeld

To take wine into our mouths is to savor a droplet of the river of human history.

— Anonymous

For the first time in our history it is possible to conquer poverty.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

History is a matter of interpretation, but you have to start with certain facts.

— Peter Kuznick

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

— Ronald Reagan

Historians will likely give Obama credit for steering the country away from the brink of economic collapse in 2009.

— Ron Fournier

History is made by masses of people. One man, or ten men, don't start the earthquakes and don't stop them either. Only…

— Lillian Hellman

“History is written by the victors, which is certainly true, but it's also written by the wealthy and the literate.”

— Megan Smolenyak

I believe that history is not made by cynics; it is made by realists who are not afraid to dream. Let us…

— Tzipi Livni

We stand at a moment in history without precedent. Decisions that are ours to make over the next ten years will have…

— Eban Goodstein

I'm really a worker and about rolling up my sleeves and doing the work. If that lands me a place in history,…

— Tarana Burke

I think history is collective memories. In writing, I'm using my own memory, and I'm using my collective memory.

— Haruki Murakami

Man generally is entangled in insoluble problems; history is consequently a tragedy in which we are all involved, whose keynote is anxiety…

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

It is needless to say how great has been the influence of the doctrine of Evolution, or rather perhaps of the method…

— Goldwin Smith

History is basically really looking back and finding out what happened to an individual, a community, a family, a group in a…

— Tamlyn Tomita

How it came to pass that man, originally taught, as we doubt not he was, to know and to worship the true…

— Simon Greenleaf

“Spy planes, drone aircraft, satellites with cameras that can see from three hundred miles what you can see from a hundred feet.…

— Don DeLillo

“I'm insignificant?" Geoff said, standing up from his rock. "I don't matter?" ... You see, because most people have an influence on…

— Peter Ward

The history of warfare has not yet enabled any army, any civilized army, the army of a democracy like Israel, to be…

— Benjamin Netanyahu

Man is constantly being assured that he has more power than ever before in history, but his daily experience is one of…

— Richard M. Weaver

For if I should not believe all that is written by Historians, of the glorious acts of Alexander, or Caesar; I do…

— Thomas Hobbes

All history and art are against us, but we still expect happiness in love.

— Mason Cooley

“History is a record of "effects" the vast majority of which nobody intended to produce.”

— Joseph Schumpeter

I like classicism. I like historic reference. I like something new with something almost ancient.

— Rick Owens

America is the greatest force for good in the history of the world.

— John McCain

The arts and inventions of each period are only its costume, and do not invigorate men.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

By reading we discover our world, our history, and ourselves.

— Daniel J. Boorstin

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world.

— Alice Walker

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

— H. G. Wells

I must be the only person in 'Strictly' history who's actually put on weight during rehearsals.

— Abbey Clancy

The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines.

— Marc Bloch

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is mystery. Today is a gift, so make the most of it.

— Neacygirl

I love Paris for its wide boulevards and cafes, and Rome for the ancient history, as seen at the Forum.

— Alan Titchmarsh

History is with us until we learn from the suffering of the past.

— Roger Rees

History supplied numerous instances to prove that brute force is as nothing before soul-force.

— Mahatma Gandhi

An Engineer is no match for a Historian with his dander up!

— Philip Reeve

“Memorialization is not a passive practice but an active conversation.”

— Aanchal Malhotra