History Quote by Arthur Koestler

The most persistent sound which reverberates through men's history is the beating of war drums

— Arthur Koestler

“The war drums pound out a beat like that of the human heart. The terrible, awful sound of living, that one first learns to…

— Anna Smith Spark

How loud are the drums of war?

— Pocahontas

The sound of the drum drives out thought; for that very reason it is the most military of instruments.

— Joseph Joubert

The possibilities of percussion sounds, I believe, have never been fully realized

— Charles Ives

It was obvious that he was a man who marched through life to the rhythms of some drum I would never hear.

— Hunter S. Thompson

“The drum, at any rate, from its martial voice and notable physiological effect, nay, even from its cumbrous and comical shape, stands alone among…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

The beating of drums, which delights young writers who serve a party, sounds to him who does not belong to the party line like…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“If you hear him beat that drum he will reveal something of himself to you, for what is a drumbeat, after all, other than…

— Kei Miller

The first drum beat we all heard was our mother.

— John Densmore

I started drumming around the same time I came across this part of American history. But there seemed to be a way forward playing…

— Phil Collins

...and for the last three minutes on the wind of a windless day I have heard the sound of drums and flute...

— Tom Stoppard