Quotes about History, page 3

To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything.

Quote by Albert Camus about history

In all my study of history, I have never found a time or place I would rather have lived than now.

Quote by Albert Camus about history

It probably reaches deep down into my childhood history as a geek, being interested in comic books and getting nowhere with girls. Those two things going hand-in-hand.

Quote by Michael Chabon about history

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.

Quote by Winston Churchill about history

France, and the whole of Europe have a great culture and an amazing history. Most important thing though is that people there know how to live! In America they've forgotten all about it. I'm afraid that the American culture is a disaster.

Quote by Johnny Depp about history

History is written by the victors.

Quote by Winston Churchill about history

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

Quote by Winston Churchill about history

Throughout America's young history there has been a necessary tension between the individual and the group.

Quote by Harold Evans about history

But Maastricht was not the end of history. It was a first step towards a Europe of growth, of employment, a social Europe. That was the vision of Francois Mitterrand. We are far from that now.

Quote by Laurent Fabius about history

The Labour Party's history was that they gave their independence to all the Empire and Commonwealth.

Quote by Sean Connery about history

The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.

Quote by Paul Gauguin about history

Write things for yourself. Come on, it's a great way to spend time. It's a great way to learn history. It's a great way to learn all kinds of things. But only come if you're coming to play. If you're not coming to play, you should get another gig...

Quote by Whoopi Goldberg about history

History is more or less bunk.

Quote by Henry Ford about history

We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we make today.

Quote by Henry Ford about history

I don't see women and think of them as competition or with judgment. Women really move me. I feel connected to all kinds of women. I am angry because I think we've been mistreated throughout history in different countries, including America. I...

Quote by Salma Hayek about history

The more the history of the World War and what led up to it is studied, the more clearly those tragic years become revealed as a vast collapse of civilization.

Quote by Arthur Henderson about history

The world wants disarmament, the world needs disarmament. We have it in our power to help fashion future history.

Quote by Arthur Henderson about history

Those nations have a very great responsibility at this juncture of the world's affairs, for by throwing their joint weight into the scales of history on the right side, they may tip the balance decisively in favour of peace.

Quote by Arthur Henderson about history

Whatever we do or fail to do will influence the course of history.

Quote by Arthur Henderson about history

But I regret not having liked history.

Quote by Eva Herzigova about history