Quotes About History

The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally.

Brezhnev wasn't a minus for the history of our country, he was a huge plus, He laid a foundation for the country's economics and agriculture.

History buffs probably noted the reunion at a Washington party a few weeks ago of three ex-presidents: Carter, Ford and Nixon - See No Evil, Hear No Evil and Evil.

Peter Jones's is a vital public service. He reminds us that while we shouldn't live in the past, we are wiser and stronger when we live with it.

I must admit, maybe I am a piece of history after all.

The history of an oppressed people is hidden in the lies and the agreed myth of its conquerors.

We don't know anything about Scottish history. All we know is that an American guy painted his face blue and somehow they won.

Theories are more common than achievements in the history of education.

History is a mighty dramos, enacted upon the theatre of times, with suns for lamps and eternity for a background.

All empires eventually destroy themselves. That's the record of history.

In world history, those who have helped to build the same culture are not necessarily of one race, and those of the same race have not all participated in one culture.

We get our ethics from our history and judge our history by our ethics.

The study of history, while it does not endow with prophecy, may indicate lines of probability.

History will die if not irritated. The only service I can do to my profession is to serve as a flea.

Pour faire de l'histoire, il faut savoir compter.

It's the greatest legacy you could ever leave your children or your loved ones: the history of how you felt.

History often resembles myth, because they are both ultimately of the same stuff.

History teaches us that the capacity for things to get worse is limitless.

Strangers are exciting, their mystery never ends. But, there's nothing like looking at your own history in the faces of your friends.

There is no record in the history of a nation that ever gained anything valuable by being unable to defend itself.

I'm headed towards greatness. I think I'm making history in hip-hop.

Americans are the nicest, most generous, and sentimental people on earth. Yet Americans have killed more unborn children than any nation in history.

To picture world history as advancing smoothly and steadily without sometimes taking gigantic strides backward is undialectical, unscientific and theoretically wrong.

The revenge of history is more powerful than the revenge of the most powerful General Secretary.