Quotes About History

For a time during the early settlement of this country peace and goodwill prevailed, only to be followed later by violent and relentless warfare.

Once upon a time' lasts forever.

The next time you see Jesus Christ, ask Him what happened to the just society He promised 2,000 years ago.

I know that at one time, the Arctic was the tropics. And I guess I wonder what caused that? Was it dinosaur farts? I don't know.

When I was in Paris, all of the German refugees began to flow in and it was a very sad time.

We forgot this continent for a long time - and now, finally Africa is being rediscovered.

Because men really respect only that which was founded of old and has developed slowly, he who wants to live on after his death must take care not only of his posterity but even more of his past.

I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known only to that generation. We belonged to a common cause-the war.

Historical investigation has for its aim to fix the order and character of events throughout past time and in all places. The task is frankly superhuman.

She must have Egyptian blood. Every time I try to kiss her she says, "Tut, Tut!"

The emergence of a unified Europe is one of the most revolutionary events of our time.

Genghis Khan was a fascinating man and way ahead of his time.

On 'Meet the Press' yesterday President Bush was asked what he would do if he lost the election and Bush said, ''Phhh, you mean like last time?'

The rise of salsa was such an important time in musical history, not just in Latin music but music in general, because these guys created a new sound.

Oh, I know my family's not of royal blood, but you needn't throw it in my face all the time.

The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.

Leonard Chess passed, and that was the end of the Chess label for that time.

But the last time the Cubs won a National League pennant Was the year we dropped the bomb on Japan

Peter Beard is one of those people I've known a long time. We have an affinity. We share certain values.

The leafy blossoming present time springs from the whole past, remembered and unrememberable.

Strangely, the thing I listen to 75% of the time, when I'm exercising with my headphones on is English Tudor/Elizabethan music, so music from about 1450 to the early 1600's.

Yeah, the record for most titles was previously held by the Fabulous Moolah, she won it four times. And a few weeks ago, I won the title for the sixth time, which has never been done before.

Women have burnt like beacons in all the works of all the poets from the beginning of time.

Philologists, who chase A painting syllable through time and space Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark, To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah's Ark.