Quotes About History

history - the lamp which illumines national character...

There is nothing more sad or glorious than generations changing hands.

Today is a sad day in Country music. We have lost another piece of history. George Jones was not only a good singer, but was a good friend. He will be missed by many.

Human history is the sad result of each one looking out for himself.

SAD, BUT ONE DAY OUR KIDS WILL HAVE TO VISIT MUSEUMS TO SEE WHAT A LADY LOOKS LIKE.

The marble keeps merely a cold and sad memory of a man who would else be forgotten. No man who needs a monument ever ought to have one.

It is sad but unfortunately true that man learns nothing from history.

See the wild Waste of all-devouring years! How Rome her own sad Sepulchre appears, With nodding arches, broken temples spread! The very Tombs now vanish'd like their dead!

Whenever I went to an historical moment that was sad or where something terrible happened, it was, for me, a learning moment, a teaching moment for those who survived.

The Grutter and Gratz decisions, taken together, represent a sad and tragic chapter in American history.

There is no need to upset about the fact that our ancestors were monkeys, because they are capable chaps! Don't be sad about the truth, just understand the truth!

The South is very beautiful but its beauty makes one sad because the lives that people live here, and have lived here, are so ugly.

The sad thing about any business I suppose, but in mine you see it particularly, is that you're always asked to do what you've already done.

For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings.

Something about the fact that an African American had, given the long sad history of our country, now become President - that was exhilarating.

There is always something sad about the old photographs, it is because we know that people in the photos have gone forever.

A lot of the old movie theaters are closing down now, which is really sad. It's still in the back of my mind.

There was a man and he had eight sons. Apart from that, he was nothing more than a comma on the page of History. It's sad, but that's all you can say about some people.

History in its broadest aspect is a record of man's migrations from one environment to another.

Anyone who has lived through an English winter can see the point of building Stonehenge to make the Sun come back.

It was the evidence from science and history that prompted me to abandon my atheism and become a Christian.

There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history.

Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they're both parable formats for examining or commenting on the present.

We would be 1,500 years ahead if it hadn't been for the church dragging science back by its coattails and burning our best minds at the stake.