Quotes About History

I was in the Oval Office when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon because I was called in to coordinate the coverage. I got to thinking, 'We have a feed from the moon. We've got a feed from the Earth. I can set up the first interplanetary shot in history.'

When he entered the Oval Office - by fate, not by design - Citizen Ford knew that he was not perfect, just as he knew he was not perfect when he left. But what president ever was?

Every president makes the Oval Office theirs.

The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.

The very first schoolbook that was written had God all over it.

I've had to make time to really explore all the amazing things that are out and try to understand the history of how fashion has moved through modern times and how it shaped everything, from overall aesthetic to design to how it's influenced the great artists of our time.

I think in Atlantic Canada, because of what happened in the decades following Confederation, there is a culture of defeat that we have to overcome.

As Members of Congress and people of conscience, we must work to overcome the indifference and distortions of history, and ensure that future generations know what happened.

Nevadans, and all Americans, are resilient. Overcoming adversity is a part of our national heritage.

The cup of Ireland's misery has been overflowing for centuries and is not yet half full.

Mythology does not interest me. Nor does history. But the possible overlap between history and mythology excites me immensely.

It is correct that I overlooked the contamination of the party, not just now but also in the past.

It takes time to restore an old historic car - you can't just do it overnight. That's how I look at the administration that came before Obama.

The legacy thing is very overrated.

Washburn's an old American name, but this one was assembled overseas.

I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of the black inventors of the 19th century.

After the 1960s and '70s, there were real doubts about whether a mortal man could handle the country's highest office. It had destroyed Johnson, corrupted Nixon, and overwhelmed Ford and Carter.

Congressional oversight: When a congressional representative forgets to do something. (Historical note: this phrase once had another meaning, but since 9/11, years in which Congress never heard a wish of the national security state that it didn't grant, no one can quite remember what it was.)

You can bury the past but it always seems to come back, one way or another.

High Water Everywhere" by Charlie Patton. If you have a hard time making out the lyrics, you're not alone—even Son House (who, along with Howlin' Wolf, was influenced by Patton)

Back Water Blues" by Bessie Smith. This is the one most closely associated with the 1927 flood,

Louisiana 1927

Mississippi Heavy Water Blues

I love Italy. For hundreds of years, if not centuries, the people of italy (Italians) have been living here." [Audrey's insight]