Quotes About History

When I was a child I had a crush on Abraham Lincoln. Why I would choose to reveal this, I know not.

I grew up listening to the Light Crust Doughboys on WBAP.

'Beloved' is a book that makes me cry.

I've been to Cuba many times.

For centuries, Cuba's greatest resource has been its people.

I can understand the Cultural Revolution of Mao Tse-tung.

In our cultural history, all emotions have been more culturally acceptable to women.

A Mediterranean city is really my culture.

I want to show how rich chess is and what kind of history it has, through culture, literature, and education.

Atlanta is very weird, because it's a super-black town, but at the same time, there's other cultures there, there's history there. There's all these things that make it unique.

History happens as soon as I pick up my coffee cup - it happened 30 seconds ago. It's history.

We're the curator for the African-American experience for the past, present and future. That's my job.

I feel like there's always a lot of curiosity about what happens in America.

As a black man, I actually had naturally sort of comedic curiosity about the Klan.

I would love to document the Roots; I think they have an interesting story. I have a curiosity about them. Their musicality and their live performances I think would be great, and I have a feeling that there are stories behind each one of them.

When I sat down to make a list of characters in history who exhibited curiosity, most were women. I thought it was sheer accident, and then I began to wonder.

There is some group of Americans who are really, really curious to understand how we ended up at this point, where every week it seems like you can turn on your TV and see some sort of abuse being heaped on black people.

A lot of people ask me about my past. It's part of my life, so I expect people to ask certain questions. Maybe they're curious.

Just because something is current doesn't mean it is new.

The school curriculum today, particularly American history, is a shame.

You cut their money back, for one thing... I go back a long way with the NEA.

Compared to today's salaries, our cut was minuscule but it was very good for the time.

We are always told that with women's rights and opportunities for women there's been constant progress, and it isn't true. It works in cycles.

No, the czar did not want us in the schools.