Quotes About History

The past is a life sentence, a blunt instrument aimed at tomorrow.

I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter.

Every life has a file, if you will.

The more determinedly I exist, as myself, within the conditions of the time, the more clearly I shall hear the language of the past, the nearer I shall feel the glow of its life.

Ive spent my whole life working in a medium that was regarded with contempt largely because of historical reasons.

But the biggest thing that has happened in the world in my life, in our lives, is this: By the grace of God, America won the Cold War.

All cultures through all time have constantly been engaged in a dance with new possibilities for life. Change is the one constant in human history.

Those who have not lived in the eighteenth century, in the years before the Revolution do not know the sweetness of living and cannot imagine what it was like to have happiness in life.

Anyone who can look me in the eye and say they prefer the story of Moses or Jesus or Mohammed to the life of Socrates is intellectually defective.

In all the history of the boxing game, you'll find no human interest story to compare with the life narrative of James J. Braddock.

I'd advise you to visit New Orleans before you pass away. I really would. Because if you die without seeing New Orleans, you wasted half your life.

There is divine beauty in learning... To learn means to accept the postulate that life did not begin at my birth. Others have been here before me, and I walk in their footsteps.

The written word is the only anchor we have in life. How extraordinary would it be if we had even three or four paragraphs written honestly about their lives by our ancestors?

When I'm taking a picture of Aya Sofia, what counts is the person passing by who stands for life

I have two passions in my life. One is to raise the awareness of the internment of Japanese-American citizens. My other passion is the theater.

Of all peoples the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life best.

The rattling of the relays of the Z4 was the only interesting thing to be experienced in Zurich's night life!

This moment will just be another story someday.

The past is interesting to me because it's been dumbed down or flattened out, or academically nitpicked so you can't get any life out of it, you just get data.

History shows that our way of life is the stronger way. From it has come more wealth, more industry, more happiness, more human enlightenment than from any other way.

I understood....that in my own life I represented a whole period of American history.

Yes, your family history has some sad chapters. But your history doesn't have to be your future. The generational garbage can stop here and now.

Whatever, in fact, is modern in our life we owe to the Greeks. Whatever is an anachronism is due to mediaevalism.

We have no control over fate and history, but we can control how we conduct ourselves in this life.