History Quote by Mark Bowden

“Almost every major turning point in the history of mankind was a side-effect of totally unrelated intentions.”

— Abram Gitspof

“Like most remarkable things, nobody realized it was remarkable as it happened.”

— Gene Doucette

“...you know everybody has a turn, and you just try to find something interesting every day to make you glad it hasn't happened yet.”

— Tananarive Due

“Turned out that the end of the world had to actually arrive before people would take it seriously.”

— Brandon Sanderson

“The hardest thing about the road not taken is that you never know where it might have led.”

— Lisa Wingate

“Everything seems obvious in hindsight!”

— Fredrik Backman

“i honestly and deeply believe that every disappointment was a turning point.”

— Anita Papas

“I knew there were many side-roads but did not want one that would lead to nothing.”

— Ernest Hemingway

“What is astonishing is that we, who had no idea how anything was going to turn out, now know exactly what happened.”

— Philip Roth

“It know we have a fashion of saying "such and such an event was the turning-point in my life," but we shouldn't say it.…

— Mark Twain

“Sometimes we have no idea where those first steps will lead.”

— Gary Chatham

“The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.”

— Ayn Rand