Top 465 History Quotes

My history writing was based on what I saw in strange, exotic places rather than just reading books.

My history writing was based on what I saw in strange, exotic places rather than just reading books.

Tony Judt

History's lesson is to make the most of reform opportunities when they arise because they do not arise often and they do not last long.

History's lesson is to make the most of reform opportunities when they arise because they do not arise often and they do not last long.

Christopher Bond

He who puts out his hand to stop the wheel of history will have his fingers crushed.

He who puts out his hand to stop the wheel of history will have his fingers crushed.

Lech Walesa

There is a noble and a base side to every history.

There is a noble and a base side to every history.

Thomas Wentworth Higginson

We share a huge visual memory bank, mostly through painting and other images in history. I think when a modern photograph taps into those, sometimes very subliminally, it makes people respond.

We share a huge visual memory bank, mostly through painting and other images in history. I think when a modern photograph taps into those, sometimes very subliminally, it makes people respond.

Chris Hondros

Just as Darwin discovered the law of development of organic nature, so Marx discovered the law of development of human history: the simple fact, hitherto concealed by an overgrowth of ideology, that mankind must first of all eat, drink, have shelter and clothing, before it can pursue politics, science, art, religion, etc.

Friedrich Engels

The people who read the history books tend to have a natural zeal and are alarmingly well-read.

The people who read the history books tend to have a natural zeal and are alarmingly well-read.

Saul David

Of history, how little do we know by personal contact; we have lived a few years, seen a few men, witnessed some important events; but what are these in the whole sum of the world's past.

Of history, how little do we know by personal contact; we have lived a few years, seen a few men, witnessed some important events; but what are these in the whole sum of the world's past.

Matthew Simpson

The treatment of patients with contaminated blood has been described as one of the most tragic episodes in the history of the NHS.

The treatment of patients with contaminated blood has been described as one of the most tragic episodes in the history of the NHS.

Ruth Rendell

It's a required part of your film history to know who Woody is. His movies are so wonderful, and not just funny but so insightful about human behavior.

It's a required part of your film history to know who Woody is. His movies are so wonderful, and not just funny but so insightful about human behavior.

Scarlett Johansson

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