Top 465 History Quotes

On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history was born.

On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history was born.

Alfred de Vigny

It is the creator of fiction's point of view; it is the character who interests him. Sometimes he wants to convince the reader that the story he is telling is as interesting as universal history.

It is the creator of fiction's point of view; it is the character who interests him. Sometimes he wants to convince the reader that the story he is telling is as interesting as universal history.

Raymond Queneau

Crafts make us feel rooted, give us a sense of belonging and connect us with our history. Our ancestors used to create these crafts out of necessity, and now we do them for fun, to make money and to express ourselves.

Phyllis George

For me, surfing is as close a connection I can have with Mother Nature. To surf, you're riding a pulse of energy from Mother Nature. And it's strong. It's real. It's there. And you're dancing with that. You're connecting with that. You're might be the only person in the history of the universe that connects with that particular pulse of energy.

Xavier Rudd

In the world of the present, in our time, we feel that suffering, anguish, the torments of body and soul, are greater than ever before in the history of mankind.

In the world of the present, in our time, we feel that suffering, anguish, the torments of body and soul, are greater than ever before in the history of mankind.

Eyvind Johnson

History never repeats itself in the same way.

History never repeats itself in the same way.

Ehud Barak

I really feel sorry for kids who aren't interested in history - recent history, either, because it is this that made us what we are.

I really feel sorry for kids who aren't interested in history - recent history, either, because it is this that made us what we are.

Barry Humphries

It would be unwise for the modern Republican Party to come across as hostile to immigration. That has been the losing position in American history for 200 years.

It would be unwise for the modern Republican Party to come across as hostile to immigration. That has been the losing position in American history for 200 years.

Grover Norquist

The history of African-American repression in this country rose from government-sanctioned racism. Jim Crow laws were a product of bigoted state and local governments.

The history of African-American repression in this country rose from government-sanctioned racism. Jim Crow laws were a product of bigoted state and local governments.

Rand Paul

So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was.

So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was.

Sidney Poitier

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