Top 465 History Quotes

It would mean a lot to me to get into the Hall of Fame, to be grouped with some of the greatest players in history.

It would mean a lot to me to get into the Hall of Fame, to be grouped with some of the greatest players in history.

Leon Day

I had a go at changing history - maybe not all by myself - I fought at the battle of Normandy, I slogged through the Ardennes, and I celebrated the liberation of Paris on the streets with beautiful French girls throwing flowers at me. I said good-bye to my first true love and discovered what I really wanted to do with my life.

LeRoy Neiman

The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons.

The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons.

Edwin Powell Hubble

I have always believed that every great city in history needs a vibrant center.

I have always believed that every great city in history needs a vibrant center.

Eli Broad

It all happened so fast. The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car. The fiery altar upon which the history of our people and the future of mankind were meant to be sacrificed.

It all happened so fast. The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car. The fiery altar upon which the history of our people and the future of mankind were meant to be sacrificed.

Elie Wiesel

Historically, I come from Jewish history. I had the classic upbringing in the Yeshiva, learning, learning, and more learning.

Historically, I come from Jewish history. I had the classic upbringing in the Yeshiva, learning, learning, and more learning.

Elie Wiesel

So many times in the history of Mormon polygamy, the outside world thought it had the movement on the ropes only to see it flourish anew.

So many times in the history of Mormon polygamy, the outside world thought it had the movement on the ropes only to see it flourish anew.

Scott Anderson

If we look at music history closely, it is not difficult to isolate certain elements of great potency which were to nourish the art of music for decades, if not centuries.

If we look at music history closely, it is not difficult to isolate certain elements of great potency which were to nourish the art of music for decades, if not centuries.

George Crumb

History isn't just the story of bad people doing bad things. It's quite as much a story of people trying to do good things. But somehow, something goes wrong.

History isn't just the story of bad people doing bad things. It's quite as much a story of people trying to do good things. But somehow, something goes wrong.

C. S. Lewis

A day spent praising the earth and lamenting man's pollutionist history makes you feel like a superior, sensitive soul.

A day spent praising the earth and lamenting man's pollutionist history makes you feel like a superior, sensitive soul.

Russell Baker

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