Behinds Quote by Jodi Picoult

Some say, 'Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.' I say, 'Those who ignore history are in for a big surprise.'

— Stephen Colbert

History is a vast early warning system.

— Norman Cousins

History does not always repeat itself.

— Anonymous

History must repeat itself because we pay such little attention to it the first time.

— Blackie Sherrod

History does not repeat itself except in the minds of those who do not know history.

— Khalil Gibran

We do not just risk repeating history if we sweep it under the carpet, we also risk being myopic about our present.

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I feel slightly uneasy at the way historians are consulted as if history is going to repeat itself. It never does.

— Antony Beevor

Maybe if people started to listen, history would stop repeating itself.

— Lily Tomlin

History's worst habit: it does repeat itselF

— Mak_786

History does not always repeat itself. Sometimes it just yells, 'Can't you remember anything I told you?' and lets fly with a club.

— John W. Campbell

It is not worthwhile to try to keep history from repeating itself, for man's character will always make the preventing of the repetitions impossible

— Mark Twain

History is a jangle of accidents, blunders, surprises and absurdities, and so is our knowledge of it, but if we are to report it…

— Henry Steele Commager