Top 465 History Quotes

The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.

The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.

A. Whitney Brown

Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.

Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.

Erica Jong

History should belong to all of us, and it needs to include people from different cultural backgrounds. Otherwise, it risks becoming irrelevant to children, who could then become disenchanted with education.

Malorie Blackman

Libraries have had a long history of dealing with authoritarian organizations demanding reader records - who's read what - and this has led to people being rounded up and killed.

Libraries have had a long history of dealing with authoritarian organizations demanding reader records - who's read what - and this has led to people being rounded up and killed.

Brewster Kahle

Early on, I said to myself that I would like to write a kind of moral and spiritual history of a place. It sounds a little pretentious, I know. But that's really what I set for myself.

Early on, I said to myself that I would like to write a kind of moral and spiritual history of a place. It sounds a little pretentious, I know. But that's really what I set for myself.

Horton Foote

History is nothing if not an epic tale of missed opportunities.

History is nothing if not an epic tale of missed opportunities.

Graydon Carter

Almost everything I tried out for I pretty much got. I landed Power Rangers, and the rest is history.

Almost everything I tried out for I pretty much got. I landed Power Rangers, and the rest is history.

Thuy Trang

I had decent but not great grades in high school because I was highly motivated in some subjects, like the arts, drama, English, and history, but in math and science I was a screw-up. Wooster saw something in me, and I really flourished there. I got into theatre, took photography and painting classes.

J. C. Chandor

We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.

We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.

Sonia Johnson

They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.

They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.

Douglas MacArthur

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