Quotes About History

The attack on Pearl Harbor is one of the darkest moments in our nation's history, and we will forever remember the thousands of service members and civilians whose lives were tragically taken on that horrible day.

Scratch a Russian, and you'll find a peasant.

We must always remember that the Chinese revolution was not a peasant's revolution, but one of the extreme Right.

My parents were ignorant peasants from the Old World.

John Brown's effort was peculiar. It was not a slave insurrection.

All we have to do is to peel the shrines like an onion, and we will be with the king himself.

I write about modern people who share a deep sense of connection to the mysteries of the past. I find that I understand myself and my world better when I'm able to peer into history as a mirror.

I think that it is important to mingle with your peers and get to know the people that you coming up with because everything that we're doing is history.

Seattle was my favorite team growing up, so I know a little bit about Coach Karl and his history. He's one of the best coaches in the game, well-respected by much of his peers and much of his players.

I am appalled by Le Pen's anti-Semitic past and feelings. A man who says the Holocaust is no more than a footnote in history is beyond my comprehension.

Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty.

I grew up thinking that it was immoral to idealize the past because, in the past, there was slavery and no penicillin.

The United States and the D.P.R.K. will not overcome a legacy of 70 years of war and hostility on the Korean Peninsula through the course of a single Saturday.

I wanted to go down as one of the best running backs to ever play at Penn State.

Most people think the Shakers are in Pennsylvania. They tend to confuse them with the Amish.

The newspaper industry was built on the penny dreadfuls.

Penny Hardaway has a decided style advantage over other players because he rocked one of the crispiest jerseys in NBA history.

I don't fight for the money. I fight for my legacy. I fight for history. I fight for my people.

People say, 'Don't live in the past.' But I guess it depends on how interesting your past is.

You know that's history, that's why some people say that my stuff is retro, but I don't agree.

All of you know how Pep Guardiola is as a manager... he is the best coach in history.

I knew Paul when he was in the Beatles. We did the second Beatles British tour with the Moody Blues. And we became friends. I went to a couple of the sessions for the 'Sgt. Pepper' album, we went to parties together, we went to see Jimi Hendrix together.

People talk about ballroom, but they don't really understand the history. Crystal Labeija, Avis Pendavis, Paris Dupree, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey. These were the women that really brought ballroom to life.

One thing that was pretty eye-opening to me was that red pepper came from the New World in the 15th or 16th century. So these things that we think of as inherently Korean actually have an even longer history than that.