Quotes About History

History picks interesting messengers.

Forget it, Louis, no Civil War picture ever made a nickel.

The picture of Prince Charles meeting Gerry Adams is inexpressibly sad.

I've been in on the beginning, the rise, peak, collapse and end of the talking picture.

My mother took my picture to a model agency and the rest is history.

As a boy, I used to look upon the hieroglyphics as so many wonderful pictures.

I was the first celebrity in pictures to be marrying a titled European.

Milan is marvellous, picturesque, and full of elegance.

It is a great piece of folly to attempt to make anything out of my early life.

I may not have the gun that Jesse James had when he was gunned down, but if there's a piece identified with him and the same place, then I get interested; it's always excited me.

I would love to do a period piece - in the 18th or 17th century. To me, it would be such an incredible challenge because of the way people carried themselves. There are so many incredible stories within those centuries - just the language and the way they carried themselves and what they were going through.

To me, meeting Buddy Guy was like meeting a piece of history.

Not a single piece of material culture - not a single object - has been found at Giza that can be interpreted to come from a lost civilization.

I've always wanted to do a period piece.

I find more interesting roles for women in period pieces. I do personally like watching period films; I think you can really get lost in the fantasy of them.

I adore the classical pieces of our culture. The Greek and Roman are still inside and everywhere; it's impossible to disconnect.

It's deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces.

My favourite finds are often antique pieces with a history.

I love period pieces. But it's hard to get money to make costumed dramas, so we'll see.

It's very likely that graduates, current employees and retirees have some wonderful pieces of Deer Park history in their closets or garages.

A lot of period pieces we see are adaptations of novels - we always know the story.

Musical theatre history is littered with bad reviews for now classic pieces.

I really love period pieces.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.