Adventurous Quote by Umberto Eco

The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their passions, their characters and talents; and impresses…

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

“Because history has the functions it has—supplying practical lessons and moral examples, shaping a culture’s identity and even influencing one’s view of destiny—it is…

— Heath White

“Because history became his (Keenan's) genuine passion, he tended to see the world in terms of deep historical forces that, in his mind, formed…

— David Halberstam

“Maybe what has to happen is that the individual must allow himself to be swept along, must find himself in the stream of no-choice,…

— Don DeLillo

When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses at which men will…

— Anonymous

History is not a web woven with innocent hands. Among all the causes which degrade and demoralize men, power is the most constant and…

— Abigail Adams

History is driven, over the long haul, by culture - by what men and women honor, cherish, and worship; by what societies deem to…

— George Weigel

Men are not the causers of history. History itself, by a pressure of events, causes men to resort to particular actions.

— Tanith Lee

History rewards those who can change their minds when the stakes are high.

— Andy Dunn

Our dreams of bringing the whole of human history under the control of the human will are ironically refuted by the fact that no…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

When self-important people and powerful institutions are governed by illusion, history has a way of biting back.

— William Greider

History in general is a collection of crimes, follies, and misfortunes among which we have now and then met with a few virtues, and…

— Voltaire