Quotes About Heritage

The trouble with European cities is that they are drenched in their history, almost all of which is terrible.

Nine English traditions out of ten date from the latter half of the nineteenth century.

History is the third parent.

In high school, I loved history. I also loved cosmography, algebra. Mexico is so rich in culture and history, and I have always enjoyed that.

The history of a culture can be determined by its untranslatable words.

I am a fan of history.

Poetry carries its history within it, and it is oral in origin. Its transmission was oral.

To lovers of the long and intricate history of language the disuse and final death of certain words is a matter of regret. Yet every age bears witness to the inevitableness of such loss.

I'm not keen on history being tampered with... to any extent.

Without history we are the prisoners of the accident of where and when we were born.

A blot in thy escutcheon to all futurity.

In a way, I'm very interested in writing about Maine, because I think Maine represents its own kind of history. It's the oldest state, and it's the whitest state.

Tell me how much a nation knows about its own language, and I will tell you how much that nation knows about its own identity.

To an American, land is solidity, goodness, and hope. American history is about land.

Words are the weights which hold our history in place.

The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history.

History is as much an art as a science.

I think people should look at learning about Native American history the same as visiting Washington, D.C., and seeing the monuments there. It's all part of the package.

I loved history, particularly of the British, American and Old Testament kind.

It's a great wonder to me, the Irish attachment to our history. What is it but a series of lamentations?

History is the heritage and patrimony of mankind in its lessons of the past that give priceless inspiration for the future.

Before I went to New Orleans, I was a little scared of New Orleans. I don't know why. I had only been there a few times. Something about it made me feel nervous, knowing a bit about the history.

I don't look at myself as a historical icon, but the reality of it is, yeah, I am playing for history now.

Much more than memoir; it's history.