History Quotes

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.

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.

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.

In almost every interview someone asks what does HIM stand for. I can't even remember our latest lie about that. When Hanson was hot, we said it means Hanson Is Murder. The name doesn't have a particular history. His Infernal Majesty was a totally different band. I think HIM derives from some death metal joke.

I think the materialist conception of history is valid.

In America journalism is apt to be regarded as an extension of history: in Britain, as an extension of conversation.

Wisely used history can give pleasure and provide us with a useful tool; but we should not become its slaves.

But, it's because we have a harder way to succeed in life as Serbs because of the past that we had and because of the history that we had. We have to dig deeper and we have to do much more in order to be seen and to be spotted.

Hip-hop's always reached out to kids. If you look at the last 10 big albums it might seem ironic. But when I look at the history of this music it's always had a lot of positivity.

A lot of them want to come and play for Manchester United. They want to play because Alex has a record of giving youth a chance and we have the history and heritage of Manchester United.

Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.

It's a struggle but that's why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of color will not have to invent themselves, or their history, all over again.