Past Events Quotes

24 Past Events quotes by 22 unique authors

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon. — Napoleon Bonaparte
History, human or geological, represents our hypothesis, couched in terms of past events, devised to explain our present-day observations. — M. King Hubbert
If coming events are said to cast their shadows before, past events cannot fall to leave their impress behind them. — H. P. Blavatsky
Forgive and call back the energy wasted on past events. — Caroline Myss
Such are the Splendors and Miseries of memory: it is proud of its ability to keep truthful track of the logical sequence of past events;… — Milan Kundera
Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events. — Sallust
It is still open for me, as well as you, to regulate my behavior, by my experience of past events. — David Hume
The second noble truth states that we must discover why we are suffering. We must cultivate the courage to look deeply, with clarity and courage,… — Peter A. Levine
Emotion only lasts in our bodies for about 90 seconds. After that, the physical reaction dissipates, UNLESS our cognitive brain kicks in and starts connecting… — Jill Bolte Taylor
. . . What role does historiography play in the way a society and culture "remembers" past events? Does the historian have a moral or… — Unknown Author
For historians, hindsight can be a treacherous ally. Enabling us to trace the hidden patterns of past events, it beguiles us with the mirage of… — Eric Foner
It has been long considered possible to explain the more ancient revolutions on... the Earth surface by means of these still existing causes; in the… — Georges Cuvier
A totalitarian state is in effect a theocracy, and its ruling caste, in order to keep its position, has to be thought of as infallible.… — George Orwell
Unlike some, I don't claim to hold the mystic key to the future. But judging from past events, it seems to me that those who… — Walter Russell Mead
Memory is corrupted and ruined by a crowd of memories. If I am going to have a true memory, there are a thousand things that… — Thomas Merton
National Standards was not a narrative of past events but was leftwing revisionism and Political Correctness. — Phyllis Schlafly
I fell victim to the temptation of every autobiographer, to the illusion that since the past exists only in one's memories and the words which… — Salman Rushdie
Honestly, I spend very little time thinking about past events, and I certainly don't have them ranked in any way. I look back and think… — John Carmack
I'm not someone who dwells upon past events, taking the view that life is too short — Charles Kennedy
History seems not so much a record of past events, more a catalogue of preferred beliefs expounded by people who have a vested interest. — Anthony Storr
If you want to be happy, be wary of focusing on past events and do your best to live in the present. — Roy Bennett
Gossip, problems of the past, events you cannot control, negative thoughts and negative people; time spent on these is time poorly wasted. — Nishan Panwar
All things are subjective, a person's circumstances has nothing to do with current or past events, but rather their perception of those events, and the… — Unknown Author

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