History Quotes
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History is no easy science; its subject, human society, is inifinitely complex.
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History assures us that civilizations decay quite leisurely.
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History was a living thing with an endless supply of stories, of lessons to apply to the present of one’s own life.
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Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.
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You were born at a pretty crappy time in history. And it looks like things are only gonna get worse from here on out.
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Rich as we are in biography, a well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one; and there are certainly many more men whose history deserves to be recorded than persons willing and able to record it.
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History repeats itself over and over again, but most of us have short memories.
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The history of the development of mechanics is quite indispensable to a full comprehension of the science in its present condition. It also affords a simple and instructive example or the processes by which natural science generally is developed.
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War is one of the constants of history, and it has not diminished with civilization or democracy.
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History has shown that the less people read, the more books they buy.
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Through our own hard work and ingenuity, America has spent much of its history as the world's dominant economic power. But our dominance is not pre-ordained - history does not roll along on the wheels of inevitability.
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I do get pissed off when I'm at some gay event, and there's a 25-year-old, and he has no idea who I am. And I say, 'You need to know more about your gay history, boy.' I think the younger generation takes it a little bit for granted.
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The world at large is less inequitable today than at any time in history. Number of people in abject poverty, as a percentage, is at all-time low.
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The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in history that to a large extent determines its own destiny.
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I wanted to go into art history. Acting fell into my lap when a neighbor took pictures of me and showed them to an agent.
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I'm reverent toward my sources. History is a team sport, and references are how you support your teammates.
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The queens in history compare favorably with the kings.
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Every generation tailors history to its taste.
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The internet has grown so tremendously fast in our society. It is the fastest communications technology in the history of the world. (It) grew from almost a dead stop in 1995 to having 80 million users in the United States alone in five years. Nothing has grown that fast.
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Skepticism has never founded empires, established principals, or changed the world's heart. The great doers in history have always been people of faith.
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It is a fact of history that those who seek to withdraw from its great experiments usually end up being overwhelmed by them.
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And the rest is history,' I said. Nah.' He shook his head. 'The rest is now.
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As Indiana's governor, I balanced eight budgets, never raised taxes, and left the largest surplus in state history. It wasn't always easy. Cuts had to be made and some initiatives deferred. Occasionally I had to say 'no.
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The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman.
