Quotes about History

147 quotes about History

History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the...

History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.

Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley about history

Destiny is that part of Time which represents the...

Destiny is that part of Time which represents the History's will printed on us.

Quote by Mircea Eliade about history

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

Quote by Otto von Bismarck about history

Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, ...

Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about history

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, ...

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, however, if faced with courage, need not be lived again

Quote by Maya Angelou about history

Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our...

Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about history

Informed by our sad experience of history, we require...

Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about history

The history of our country is not the history of any other country in the world which is either practicing advanced democracy or struggling to lay the foundation for democracy.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about history

With each new book, the march of our national history takes a step forward. When one is present at a book launch, one is bearing witness to the birth of a new body of ideas, to the coming into being of another testimony of history.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about history

To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed, of several other departments of science, affords useful assistance.

Quote by Charles Babbage about history

I have some history books that I come back to when I'm...

I have some history books that I come back to when I'm trying to debug my worlds.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about history

I've got two degrees in medieval history.

I've got two degrees in medieval history.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about history

My writing has to support more than my research habit, ...

My writing has to support more than my research habit, but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty corner of history.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about history

Nothing is too obscure for my interest. You just never...

Nothing is too obscure for my interest. You just never know when some quirk of science or history is going to prove useful.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about history

When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm reading books about history, computers, or embroidery.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about history

I got a call to come in and meet Fox, and the rest is...

I got a call to come in and meet Fox, and the rest is history.

Quote by Paula Abdul about history

Pearl Harbor caused our Nation to wholeheartedly commit...

Pearl Harbor caused our Nation to wholeheartedly commit to winning World War II, changing the course of our Nation's history and the world's future.

Quote by Joe Baca about history

Black people don't have an accurate idea of their...

Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about history

At the same time there's a history in Hawaii of the emergence from pre-feudal separate islands into a kingdom, into a shotgun republic, into an annexed territory, and then into a state.

Quote by Neil Abercrombie about history

The invention of epic poetry corresponds with a definite...

The invention of epic poetry corresponds with a definite and, in the history of the world, often recurring state of society.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about history

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