Famous Quotes & Sayings

I did not record them, because with his history and physical they did not seem consequential,

Dennis Stock

I did not know anything about his history as an actor in New York. He was a total stranger to me. He was very low-key.

I don't know what kind of history they had there, but obviously we had some history tonight and last night. And it makes for some entertaining hockey.

He will be remembered for his gentleness, his compassion, and his long history of service to this community.

He who respects history will be respected by history.

He has a history of cartilage damage, and it would be very likely this is too,

He has no history of that kind of violent crime.

He has a true sense of history and pride in the state.

John Grahame

He has a passion for history and literature.

He has a lot of history with area. It shows his commitment, and I'm sure it's part of the reason he is so committed.

He has a long history of independence and who he receives money from has nothing to do with his position on issues.

He'll be remembered as a history maker. He won three state championships and set school records.

Tom Feeney

Today, literally much of the world is watching, and history is watching us as well,

Rebecca West

... there has never been a period in history when there have been necessary killings which has not been instantly followed by a period when there have been unnecessary killings.

Rebecca West

History sometimes acts as madly as heredity, and her most unpredictable performances are often her most glorious.

Russell Hoban

Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history.

Russell Baker

Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.

Reinhold Niebuhr

We have had to learn that history is neither a God nor a redeemer.

William Manchester

An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome.

William James

Our minds thus grow in spots; and like grease-spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as little as possible: we keep unaltered as much of our old knowledge, as many of our old prejudices and beliefs, as we can. We patch and tinker more than we renew. The novelty soaks in; it stains the ancient mass; but it is also tinged by what absorbs it.

Will Durant

History is so indifferently rich, that a case for almost any conclusion from it can be made by a selection of instances.

Will Durant

History offers some consolation by reminding us that sin has flourished in every age.

Will Durant

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

William F. Buckley, Jr.

History is but the polemics of the victor.

Richard M. Nixon

This is the greatest week in the history of the world since the Creation, because as a result of what happened in this week, the world is bigger, infinitely.

Richard M. Nixon

I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate.

Richard M. Nixon

It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.

Richard M. Nixon

Once you get into this great stream of history, you can't get out.

Robin G. Collingwood

Every new generation must rewrite history in its own way.

Robin G. Collingwood

Nothing capable of being memorized is history.

Robert Walpole

Oh, do not read history, for that I know must be false.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

If people could learn history, what lessons it might teach us!

Samuel Johnson

All history was at first oral.