Quotes About History

Ah, the Irish. We're a hopeless lot.

George Washington is the only president who never blamed the previous administration for his troubles.

It was resolved, That England was too pure an Air for Slaves to breathe in.

Remember Pearl Harbor.

Dewey Defeats Truman.

I conceive that the land belongs to a vast family of which many are dead, few are living, and countless numbers are still unborn.

Some talk of Alexander, and some of Hercules;Of Hector, and Lysander, and such great names as these;But of all the world's brave heroes, there's none that can compareWith a tow, row, row, row, row, row for the British Grenadier.

If you want to touch the past, touch a rock. If you want to touch the present, touch a flower. If you want to touch the future, touch a life.

Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees that it is old enough to know better.

The Pyramids first, which in Egypt were laid;Next Babylon's Gardens, for Amytis made;Then Mausolos' Tomb of affection and guilt;Fourth, the Temple of Dian in Ephesus built;The Colossus of Rhodes, cast in brass, to the Sun;Sixth, Jupiter's Statue, by Phidias done;The Pharos of Egypt comes last, we are told,Or the Palace of Cyrus, cemented with gold.

Here men from the planet Earth first set foot on the moon, July 1969 a.d. We came in peace for all mankind.

Bones: "But cannabis has been used for thousands of years in a medicinal capacity. Even the ancient Egyptians used marijuana to treat hemorrhoids." Booth: "Which, you know, they probably got from sitting around being stoned all day."

One precedent creates another. They soon accumulate and constitute law. What yesterday was fact, today is doctrine.

A Short History of Medicine 2000 B.C. - "Here, eat this root." 1000 B.C. - "That root is heathen, say this prayer." 1850 A.D. - "That prayer is superstition, drink this potion." 1940 A.D. - "That potion is snake oil, swallow this pill." 1985 A.D. - "That pill is ineffective, take this antibiotic." 2000 A.D. - "That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root."

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.

If anything in this life is certain, if history has taught us anything, it's that you can kill anyone.

We'll always have Paris.

Tyrannosaurus drinks. Tyrannosaurus drives. Tyrannosaurus rex.

Don't know much about historyDon't know much biologyDon't know much about a science bookDon't know much about the French I took

[M]odern man is just ancient man... with way better electronics.

No man knoweth of his [Moses'] sepulcher unto this day.

Remember the Maine!

His blood be on us, and on our children.