History Quotes

Their humble dwellings were of their own rearing; it was they themselves who had broken in their little fields; from time immemorial, far beyond the reach of history, had they possessed their mountain holdings.

Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies; history has no place for them.

We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.

Well, I think that California has had a history of always spending more money than it takes in.

The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land.

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk.

The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.

In this respect, the history of science, like the history of all civilization, has gone through cycles.

All of this got me thinking about the history of the westward expansion, and got me to wondering how the exploration of the Solar System would be changed if there were an indigenous presence out there.

One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular reports and intrepid travelogues is now awash with historical documents, letters, diaries, grainy video, weblogs and secret police files of questionable authenticity.

This is a good time to ask apologists for the Islamic regime, who degrades Islam? Who imposes stoning, forced marriage of underage girls and flogging for not wearing the veil? Do such practices represent Iran's ancient history and culture, its ethnic and religious diversity? Its centuries of sensual and subversive poetry?

To investigate the history of man's development, the most important finds are, of course, hominid fossils.

The people in Japan know more about the history of jazz and the musicians than the people in the United States do.

I started in New Orleans music and played all through the history of jazz.

In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other newspapers should be commended for serving the purpose that the Founding Fathers saw so clearly.

A lot of the great songwriters in history have been collaborators, with a separate lyricist.

I love history, doesn't matter what era, I'm fascinated.

History develops, art stands still.

I think that that multiplatform development is what's on the mind of most high-end PC developers now... this is really the first time in the industry's history that we've had console machines that can handle all that PC developers can deliver.

History proves abundantly that pure science, undertaken without regard to applications to human needs, is usually ultimately of direct benefit to mankind.

But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely won't. But we need to make sure that we teach history to those who never had the opportunity to remember in the first place.

Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.

The first movie was mostly about George and Julia. This one is mostly about me and Catherine and our love story and our whole history. So it's a very different movie.

I don't want to go negative on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but he didn't pass an economic deal in the first 100 days. We have passed the largest Recovery Act in the history of the country.

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It is stimulating people constantly to want things, want this, want that.

Marxism is an interpretation of history which explains the progress of society as a product of the expansion of the forces of production of the material means of life, that is, the development of economy.

Whenever one reads of the determination of the species, or opens a book on natural science and history, in whatever language, one inevitably comes across the name of Linne.

In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated.

There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history.

Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies; history has no place for them.