History Like Quotes
23 quotes by 21 authors
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The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of…
— Lord Acton
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I truly believe that when the history books are written, our age will be remembered for three things: the war on terror, the digital revolution,…
— Unknown Author
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We have wasted History like a bunch of drunks shooting dice back in the men's crapper of the local bar.
— Charles Bukowski
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Human history, like all great movements, was cyclical, and returned to the point of beginning. The idea of indefinite progress in a right line was…
— Edward Bellamy
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History, like beauty, depends largely on the beholder, so when you read that, for example, David Livingstone discovered the Victoria Falls, you might be forgiven…
— Desmond Tutu
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The contents of someone's bookcase are part of his history, like an ancestral portrait.
— Anatole Broyard
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Each typeface is a piece of history, like a chip in a mosaic that depicts the development of human communication. Each typeface is also a…
— Will Burtin
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But if I'm it, the last of my kind, the last page of human history, like hell I'm going to let the story end this…
— Rick Yancey
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Each soil has had its own history. Like a river, a mountain, a forest, or any natural thing, its present condition is due to the…
— Charles Kellogg
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So, at one extreme you have indigenous, tribal societies trying to stem the race to disaster. At the other extreme, the richest, most powerful societies…
— Noam Chomsky
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History, like a vast river, propels logs, vegetation, rafts, and debris; it is full of live and dead things, some destined for resurrection; it mingles…
— Jacques Barzun
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This is my history; like all other histories, a narrative of misery.
— Samuel Johnson
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He sailed through American history like a steel ship loaded with monoliths of granite.
— H. L. Mencken
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As Africans Americans we often think about the tragic stories associated with our lineage, but there are a lot of triumphs. Traveling helps you learn…
— Laz Alonso
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There is something in human history like retribution; and it is a rule of historical retribution that its instrument be forged not by the offended,…
— Karl Marx
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People say you're born innocent, but it's not true. You inherit all kinds of things that you can do nothing about. You inherit your identity,…
— Hugo Hamilton
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History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness.
— James F. Cooper
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Cuz if he was hot, you should’ve used it to your benefit. That could’ve become the best ice breaker in history. Like you two could…
— Unknown Author
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It is the same game that Moonlight Graham played in 1905. It is a living part of history, like calico dresses, stone crockery, and threshing…
— W. P. Kinsella
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History, like journalism, is ever a journey outwards, and you must report back what you find and no more.
— Richard Flanagan
Who Wrote These History Like Quotes
21 authors contributed a total of 23 History Like Quotes as follows: