Quotes About History

Art of all periods teaches us that humanity changes, and that a period, once past, never returns.

Religion belonged to the infancy of humanity. Now that humanity had come of age, it should be left behind.

The dinosaurs are remember only by their bones. What will we be remembered for with humanity?

Nation-building is never a 'done deal' confined to history already established.

Humanity seized to exist when Israel was established.

Freedom is the direction of history, because freedom is the permanent hope of humanity.

I'm a human who is aware of the history of humanity and the ways in which the movies touch on those things.

It posed the question posed by all such stone piles.: how had puny men moved stones so big? And, like all such stone piles, it answered the question itself. Dumb terror had moved those stones so big

The study of foodways - the intersection of food and culture - addresses a central issue in the humanities: how we connect the great dramas of history with the lives of ordinary people.

Humanity, you never had it from the beginning." That was my motto.

Just because you are innocent does not mean that others cannot harm you. History teaches us that lesson.

Do you remember any great poet that ever illustrated the higher fields of humanity that did not dignify the use of wine from Homer on down?

Historically, unfortunately, race seems to be the major division that humanity has imposed on itself, a way of subdividing into smaller groups.

Homosexuality has been around since humanity began and different societies at different times have reacted in a different manner.

You frantically want to make a mark on the history of humanity? You, King of the Fools! In the very distant future, there shall be no history; there shall remain not even a single trace of anything!

Ever since history has been written, ever since philosophy has meditated, misery has been the garment of the human race.

Every attempt through history to limit the definition of humanity has been a prelude to the subjugation, degradation, and slaughter of innocents.

Hitler was a vegetarian. Just goes to show, vegetarianism, not always a good thing. Can in some extreme cases lead to genocide.

We are at fault for not slaying the Jews.

We learn from history that we learn nothing from history.

At least black people knew when they were slaves; you remain clueless.

She was old too, when she went to school they didn't have history.

As one reads history ... one is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments that the good have inflicted.

The most I can hope for is to die in a pose that confuses future archaeologists.