Top 465 History Quotes

History is the interpretation of the significance that the past has for us.

History is the interpretation of the significance that the past has for us.

Johan Huizinga

History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.

History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.

E. L. Doctorow

It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.

Benito Mussolini

In this decisive hour of our national history, union means life and division means death.

In this decisive hour of our national history, union means life and division means death.

Bao Dai

You can embrace nostalgia and history and tradition at the same time - it has to progress or it can't survive.

You can embrace nostalgia and history and tradition at the same time - it has to progress or it can't survive.

Sturgill Simpson

The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.

The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.

Golda Meir

History may be divided into three movements: what moves rapidly, what moves slowly and what appears not to move at all.

History may be divided into three movements: what moves rapidly, what moves slowly and what appears not to move at all.

Fernand Braudel

I write entirely in English; Tagalog chauvinists chide me for this. I feel no guilt in doing so. But I am sad that I cannot write in my native Ilokano. History demanded this; if it isn't English I am using now, I would most probably be writing in Spanish like Rizal, or even German or Japanese.

F. Sionil Jose

The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.

The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.

Franz Kafka

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.

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.

Albert Camus

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