Quotes About History

Computers have cut-and-paste functions. So does right-wing historical memory.

White Americans have a short memory.

History is information. Memory is part of your identity.

If we lose our culture, we lose our memory.

History is a people's memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.

Not only the Archivist alone but all who work for NARA are designated custodians of America's national memory.

The industry's memory is quite short, it's true.

For a long time, I've been interested in cultural memory and historical erasure.

A generation without history is a generation that not only loses a nation's memory but loses a sense of what it's like to be inside a human skin.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

They really do a disservice because these men and women came out of the Depression, they came out of the war.

Since there have been men and women, there have been funny women.

'American Sniper' is a film that erases history, spectacularizes violence, and reduces war and its aftermath to cheap entertainment, with an underexplained referent to the mental problems many vets live with when they return home from the war.

There is a history of mental breakdowns in my family. It will never happen to me but it has happened to others in the family.

America is a young country with an old mentality.

The Constitution did not mention women when it was first written, and it still doesn't.

Most of the people in advertising now - mention Bill Bernbach to them, they don't know.

My other bodily ailments have become mere matters of history.

If Christianity is a mere invention of man, and the Bible is not from God, how can infidels explain Jesus Christ? His existence in history they cannot deny. How is it that without force or bribery, without arms or money, He has made such an immensely deep mark on the world as He certainly has?

I think people love this idea of leaving a message for the future. I was always fascinated by the idea of time capsules.

If you feel like the beginning of your history is rooted in slavery, that really, I think, messes with your sense of self, your self-esteem, and your self-worth.

There are people you can say you have seen play, such as Pele or Maradona. But Messi is unique, out on his own, and is going to make history. I can say I saw Messi play.

I think Cristiano and Lionel Messi are two of the best players in the history of the game. Are they better than Pele or Diego Maradona? They are at the top, but I think it is difficult in football to say who is first or second or third.

For me, Messi is the greatest player in history, the greatest player I've ever seen.