History Quote by James Ellroy

History has thrust something upon me from which I cannot turn away.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Sometimes, history sneaks up on you. And sometimes you know it's coming.

— Bill de Blasio

History does not move by leaps into unrelated novelty, but rather by the selective emphasis of aspects of its own immediate past.

— Julian Jaynes

Looking back at my high school years, I'm struck by how slowly history can move.

— Frank Rich

I've always been a history buff. It was one of the few subjects at school that really, really caught me.

— Tom Mison

History unfolds itself by strange and unpredictable paths. We have little control over the future; and none at all over the past.

— Winston Churchill

Today never feels like it will be history, but it will. And more likely than not, you will look back and realize that you…

— Scott Belsky

Nothing moves me more than the history of the United States.

— Henry Rollins

“When you learn from experience and history, and try to walk down a different road, the present always reminds you that you need to…

— Lionel Suggs

There was something so heavy about the burden of history, of the past. I wasn't sure I had it in me to keep looking…

— Sarah Dessen

History is a Rorschach test, people. What you see when you look at it tells you as much about yourself as it does about…

— Jennifer Donnelly

I always wanted to be historical, from almost a baby on, I felt that way about it.

— Gertrude Stein