History Quotes
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Though the web of history cannot be unraveled into separate threads without destroying it, a certain amount of subdivion of the subject is, for practical purposes, essential.
Eric Hobsbawm -
The past history of our globe must be explained by what can be seen to be happening now. No powers are to be employed that are not natural to the globe, no action to be admitted except those of which we know the principle.
James Hutton
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We're at unique point in history where the things that we are building are going to significantly impact our social, political, economical, and personal lives.
Anita Borg -
Hillary Clinton was the worst Secretary of State in the history of the country. The world came apart under her reign as Secretary of State.
Donald Trump -
What makes a good writer of history is a guy who is suspicious. Suspicion marks the real difference between the man who wants to write honest history and the one who'd rather write a good story.
Jim Bishop -
Give the course that these hearings have followed ... and given the special relationship between the legislative and executive branches embodied in our Constitution and our nation's history, we do not believe that it would be appropriate for the president to appear before the committee.
Charles Ruff -
History is not what you think. It is what you can remember.
W. C. Sellar -
We have a history in country music of writing about the darker side of things - maybe not as much in modern times, but there's a lot of cheating and self-deprecation. We sort it out in song, in country music, as a genre.
Chris Stapleton
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History is the third parent.
Nadeem Aslam -
Too many younger people seem to prefer following celebrities instead of doing the work required to get an education that will someday lead to a job. If students today spent as much time on math and science and history as they do following these shallow celebrities, they might actually become contributors to society someday.
Bob Beckel -
There are very few moments in our lives where we have the privilege to witness history taking place. This is one of those moments. This is one of those times. The people of Egypt have spoken, their voices have been heard, and Egypt will never be the same.
Barack Obama -
In one sense, the Parkers are the beginning and end of the Comanches in U.S. history.
S. C. Gwynne -
I mean, look, Nancy Pelosi said in the very beginning this is going to be the most open, honest and ethical Congress in history. And what we're seeing is she's breaking that promise every day.
Eric Cantor -
The deciphering of ancient scripts changed forever the way Europeans were able to imagine the story of humanity, destroying centuries of received authority about the past with repercussions as important for our understanding of time and history as the geological studies of the same period.
Neil MacGregor
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Art has this ability to allow you to connect back through history in the same way that biology does. I'm always looking for source material.
Jeff Koons -
Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic.
Bertrand Russell -
In my contemporary stories, I write about today's quilters, inventive techniques they use, and how technology has influenced their art. Novels set in the past let me have fun researching patterns that were popular and fabrics and tools available to quilters through history.
Jennifer Chiaverini -
I think my demise has been prematurely reported. That's what I think. I think I'm going take this and make medical history, and I really believe that.
Craig Sager -
There is a continent - Africa - being consumed by flames. I truly believe that when the history books are written, our age will be remembered for three things: the war on terror, the digital revolution, and what we did - or did not to - to put the fire out in Africa. History, like God, is watching what we do.
Bono U2 -
I don't think there's anybody who's run a campaign like [Donald Trump] successfully in modern history, not that I can think of. And, as a consequence because he didn't have the supports of many of the establishment in his own party, because he ran sort of an improvisational campaign.
Barack Obama
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The book I'm working on next, which will be my fifth, returns to literary history. I really do love literary history, and I have plenty more ideas on it.
Matthew Pearl -
India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old country.
Anita Desai -
'Consigned to everlasting fire,' said Nicholas in a faint voice. He had gone white as chalk.'No, you medieval imbecile!' Edward clenched his fists. 'You still have no grasp of the truth, have you? Leave your angels and devils in the trash of history, where they belong.'
Kage Baker -
Fate has to do with events in history that are the summary and unintended results of innumerable decisions of innumerable men.
C. Wright Mills