History Quotes
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Pen in Barack Obama hands is far more dangerous than any other president, at least in modern history, if not ever.
Eric Bolling
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Tradition means taking account of a wonderful history but remembering that everybody today looks to the future.
Michael Kadoorie
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The inner meaning of history . . . involves speculation and an attempt to get at the truth, subtle explanation of the causes and origins of existing things, and deep knowledge of the how and why of events. History, therefore, is firmly rooted in philosophy. It deserves to be accounted a branch of philosophy.
Bob Irwin
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I pledge allegiance to the living, and I will defend art from history. I will rescue art from the future, from its attrition into taste, and from the speculative notion that it will become more valuable with time.
Rene Ricard
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Ted and I had history,” Jake said. “We were in love. This hurts all the time. I never stop thinking about how much this hurts.”
Zoe stretched out her arms and pretended to play a goddamn violin.
Carolyn Mackler
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I am a Christian…so that I do not expect ‘history’ to be anything but a ‘long defeat’ — though it contains (and in a legend may contain more clearly and movingly) some samples or glimpses of final victory.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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...it is pretentious for photographers to believe that their pictures alone change things. If they did, we wouldn't be besieged by war, by incidents of genocide, by hunger. A more realistic assessment of photography's value is to point out that it is illustrative of what's going on, that it provides a record of history, that photographs can prompt dialogue.
Eugene Richards
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The only history that matters is the history we know.
Ezra Pound
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The most interesting comments, they don't come from people with Klout scores. They don't come from people with a history on our sites.
Nick Denton
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It's hard for me to believe that the KKK still exists, especially knowing all my ancestors have been through. I feel like the history and meaning of all we have been through has been trashed.
Normani Kordei Hamilton
Fifth Harmony
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I want to make my mark in the NFL. This is the highest level, and this is where it goes down in history.
Edgerrin James
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That's one of the benefits of having many seasons behind you, is you have this wealth of characters that you can reintroduce, and that have a history with your current regulars, so you don't have to start from scratch.
Alex Gansa