Quotes About History

Hanging out is good historical methodology.

The current state of knowledge is a moment in history, changing just as rapidly as the state of knowledge in the past has ever changed and, in many instances, more rapidly.

We shall adopt an analogous formula, with the reservation that feelings and cognitive configurations do not depend solely on the existing "field," but also on the whole previous history of the acting subject.

Oh, the shame that I suffer now . . . the shame of a vanquished King." And those were the last words of Henry Plantagenet.

Mais crains que l'avenir détruisant le passé

Croatia is an amazing place.

L'histoire n'est pas seulement celle des réalités concrètes : c'est aussi celle des idées, des sentiments, des regrets et des rêves.

Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory? Think about it, friends. It's not just a possibility. It's a certainty.

there is no word in Hebrew for "goddess," so the word cannot appear in the Old Testament.

51st and 52nd Streets for $700,000 in 1879—the year

50th and 58th Streets came to be known as Vanderbilt

It's all men's fault,' she said, 'anyway. It would never have happened if it had been left to women.' 'If it had been left to women we'd probably still be living in the Stone Age!

There are black people in Brixton!' Fran's face grew crimson. Shahid said, 'What's the matter with black people?' 'They'll beat us up!' 'Oh,' said Shahid. 'Really?' Fran, looking uncomfortable, said, 'Don't be silly, Harry! That was race riots, years ago.' 'I don't care! I don't like it. I'm not going there.

History was always about men. A strange and wasteful arrangement, to have had so many of them, when a few were all that was needed. No wonder the world had nearly destroyed itself.

Bloody right I feel I'm entitled to express an opinion! What's going on here is a crime against humanity! What the hell do these women think they're playing at? Trying to rewrite history? Make it into her-story?

Her mother was a Rutherford. The family came over in the ark, and were connected by marriage with Henry the VIII. On her father's side they date back further than Adam. On the topmost branches of her family tree there's a superior breed of monkeys with very fine silky hair and extra long tails.

Scratch an Irishman and he'll bleed a story.

I feel as though I have gotten ahead of myself somewhat. All stories are about family, even those that pretend not to be. So I should tell you about mine.

But the past was never erased, probably because there's just too much of it. Everything in France is built on layers of other things that existed before. The present in France is only a compromise between the past and the present.

France actually had the first ever pension schemes: the Invalides, a hostel built by Louis XIV and his prime minister, Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619–83), for disabled soldiers.

Americans have no past, while Europeans are loaded down by ancient customs, habits, and prejudices that shape their behaviour.

Yet the Visigoths' intangible legacy was far more important: they left behind a powerful myth of a Golden Age of Christian rule that ended when most of Spain became part of the Muslim world. This myth would shape the destiny of Spain and the Spanish language.

There are many theories about how tapas came to refer to food. Some believe early tapas were slices of bread or cheese placed on top of drinks.

Juan Manuel María de la Aurora Fernández Pacheco Acuña Girón y Portocarrero (1650–1726)—the