History Quotes

You that would judge me, do not judge alone this book or that, come to this hallowed place where my friends' portraits hang and look thereon; Ireland's history in their lineaments trace; think where man's glory most begins and ends and say my glory was I had such friends.

Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy.

I kind of have an interest in all history. And I suspect it comes from being Irish - we like stories, we like telling stories, which makes a lot of us lean towards being writers or actors or directors.

Our national history has so often filled us with bitterness and the feeling of helplessness.

Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.

When you look back in history and see other fighters coming back, it's never really been good for them.

Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning points there is no other rule possible than the old one, that the end justifies the means.

There's always a part of your nation's history that you haven't been told that... has a powerful impact on how you yourself may behave and may believe.

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.

History has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again.

One thing I've learned over these last 30 or 40 years is that people make history. There's no fait accompli to any of this.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

An obituary should be an exercise in contemporary history, not a funeral oration.

My heart goes out to victims and survivors of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy and to their families. This disaster will go down in history books as one of the largest natural disasters in U.S. history.

As you grow older and young people come up to you with their history books, you realize that some of the things I have been able to do have been impactful. But for me, I try to keep everything in perspective and stay humble.

We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest until this evil is driven from our world.

I have always been - I think any student of history almost inevitably is - a cheerful pessimist.

I will come out with my interpretation. If I'm wrong, fine. It will become part of the debris of history, part of the give and take.

The history of liberty is a history of resistance.

The man who first gave history a recognized place in science was an ancient historian.

If we win, we'll make history, and I'll serve you on the Agriculture Committee.

Some might think that George W. Bush had his shortcomings, but let me tell you something - history's going to be kind to George W. Bush.

The first time Adrian saw me was on tape. But you should know that this never works - never in the history of movies has someone been cast from a video.

When I was nine I spent a lot of my time reading books about the history of comedy, or listening to the Goons or Hancock, humour from previous generations.

But whenever history is in the making, there's some kind of intangible feeling.

History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions.

Crim has baggage: expectation, history, responsibility.

The history of nations shows that words are not always immediately followed by action.

If good history is dispassionate history, it must naturally wait until the passions of the period subside.

I had art as a major, along with English, French and History. I had dance, modern dance. In English I was allowed to write my own poetry, which I eventually got published.