Quotes About History

I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement.

The deeds of the fathers are a sign to the sons.

The Romans have had their problems," Uncle said. "Men are fallible, and some men are corrupt.

we do not understand history, are we not bound to repeat the mistakes our fathers made?" "Some would say we will make those mistakes in any case," I answered, "for the same passions that motivated our fathers motivate us, and young people

Any relation of the Allington Dales?" said Lord Pomfret. "That old Miss Lily Dale was his great-aunt or something of the sort," said Admiral Palliser; but Lord Pomfret had never heard of her. "She was engaged to some man, then broke it off," said the Admiral, "and I gather she lived on the romance till she was well over eighty. A real Victorian heroine.

Because I am your great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-Grandmother. But

dank Moat-water smell.

Mark Nathan Cohen, whose Health and the Rise of Civilization

one careful study estimates that the average income of all the inhabitants of the world increased between seven and eight times from 1820 to 1992.

Until the early 1970s, the United States was the very model of a modern major economy.

documentary records.

Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR 1982

British history.

marquess. Old English eorl, of Germanic origin. The word earl originally denoted a man of noble rank, as opposed to a churl, also specifically a hereditary nobleman next above the rank of thane. It was later an equivalent of JARL and, under Canute and his successors, applied to the governor of divisions of England such as Wessex. In the late Old English period, as the Saxon court came under Norman influence, the word was applied to any nobleman bearing the continental title

Strangers are exciting, their mystery never ends. But, there's nothing like looking at your own history in the faces of your friends.

No human utterance could be seen as innocent. Any set of words could be analysed to reveal not just an individual but a historical consciousness at work.

Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me, particularly given my medical history.

no man is free of his own history.

India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old country.

do not take freedom 25 for granted for she is a very fickle lover she will leave you in a heart beat 30 'cos for now she is married to colonisation a cruel and murderous spouse 35 if you were doin' time like a fine wine, brother you would make a beautiful bouquet

And when a girl walks around and reads all of the signs with all of the famous historical names it really makes you hold your breath. Because when Dorothy and I went on a walk, we only walked a few blocks but in only a few blocks we read all of the famous historical names, like Coty and Cartier and I knew we were seeing something educational at last and our whole trip was not a failure.

I'm now old enough to personally identify every object in antique stores.

All through history, there have always been movements where business was not just about the accumulation of proceeds but also for the public good.

I'm interested in any ingredient that has a history, that's been used by women, that works