Cressida Cowell Quotes

History is a set of repeating circles, like the tide. The wind does blow through the ruins of tomorrow. But it is more a question of two steps forward, one step back. Humans and dragons make the same mistakes, again and again, but things do get better over time

Cressida Cowell

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• In my generation, history was taught in terms of grand figures, men on whom the destiny of the nation hinged, quintessential heroes.

  

  Barry Unsworth
  • Men
  • History
  • Destiny

• I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher, like my parents. I failed - no, I didn't fail a class, I just barely passed. I really didn't try. It was Canadian history, through the plays of the time. My God, those were boring plays.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • Time
  • God
  • School

• Conservative Justices have a history of not standing by their professed commitment to judicial restraint.

  

  Adam Cohen
  • History
  • Commitment

• Indeed, throughout much of history and in many cultures, redheads have been viewed with suspicion and fear - and even killed - because of their hair.

  

  Kate Williams
  • History
  • Fear
  • Hair

• Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • History
  • True
  • Soul

• The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without evidence; he embraced a radical doctrine of pre-emptive war unprecedented in our history; and he failed to build a true international coalition.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • War
  • History
  • True

• History laughs at both the victim and the aggressor.

  

  Mahmoud Darwish
  • History
  • Victim
  • Both

• I think if you come from a history of persecution you have to develop a sense of humour.

  

  Sacha Baron Cohen
  • History
  • Think
  • You

• I read a lot of plays as a kid, but I didn't see that many plays, so I feel better-versed in film history and film structure. I just think it's easier to think in pictures.

  

  Zoe Kazan
  • History
  • Think
  • Film

• The original home of the Aryan race appears to have been somewhere among the mountains and lofty table-lands of Central Asia. The word 'Arya,' meaning the high or the excellent, indicates their superiority over the neighboring races long before the beginning of history.

  

  Bayard Taylor
  • Long
  • Home
  • History

• If I didn't have a front-row seat on history, it was at least a seat on the aisle.

  

  Dan Rather
  • History
  • Seat
  • Aisle

• Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment.

  

  Haile Selassie
  • God
  • Remember
  • History

• In the history of literature there are many great enduring works which were not published in the lifetimes of the authors. If the authors had not achieved self-affirmation while writing, how could they have continued to write?

  

  Gao Xingjian
  • Great
  • Writing
  • History

• We examine and highlight the history of the African descendants in America, and know that each and every one of us has come this far because of our faith in this country.

  

  Yvette Clarke
  • Country
  • America
  • History

• The actions of all group leaders throughout history have had one common element: altruism - common good of the collective. Religious leaders and the 'moral' majority condemn the likes of Hitler, Stalin, etc. but their movements and foundations are alike.

  

  Ayn Rand
  • Good
  • History
  • Religious

• If the only significant history of human thought were to be written, it would have to be the history of its successive regrets and its impotences.

  

  Albert Camus
  • History

• Drag racing has played a big role in In-N-Out's history, and it is also an important part of my family history.

  

  Lynsi Torres
  • Important
  • Family
  • History

• The American free enterprise system is the greatest tool to lift people out of poverty ever created in human history and when applied properly, does not discriminate by race, religion, or skin color.

  

  Markwayne Mullin
  • People
  • American
  • History

• Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being.

  

  Ken Burns
  • Good
  • History
  • Past

• My family kept its history to itself. On the plus side, I didn't have to hear nightmarish stories about the Holocaust, the pogroms, terrible illnesses, painful deaths. My elderly parents never even spoke about their ailments.

  

  Amy Bloom
  • Family
  • History
  • Parents

• I write essays to clear my mind. I write fiction to open my heart.

  

  Taiye Selasi
  • Mind
  • Heart
  • Clear

• Fifty years in the future, I should hope we'll be on our second woman president, at least.

  

  Mary E. Pearson
  • Hope
  • Future

• I now, more and more, appreciate when I'm in a group of good people and get to work in good movies and projects. I'm wildly grateful and appreciative.

  

  Jeff Goldblum
  • People
  • Good
  • Work

• History is a set of repeating circles, like the tide. The wind does blow through the ruins of tomorrow. But it is more a question of two steps forward, one step back. Humans and dragons make the same mistakes, again and again, but things do get better over time

  

  Cressida Cowell
  • History
  • Mistakes
  • Circles