- Nov 07, 2020
History Quotes
Personal history and the record we leave.
Quotes about "history" here move between the personal and the public — early museum visits that shaped a scientific mindset, and a family history full of preachers and former priests. For enduring, timeless sayings, see Long quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Big
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
In Germany, of course, the Holocaust will always be in our history and a big stain on our lives.
- Literature
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.
- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
In practice, intersectionality functions as kind of caste system, in which people are judged according to how much their particular caste has suffered throughout history.
- Human
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Is it really true that religion makes people more kindly, generous, or loving? History tends to disprove this. The worst wars, the most vicious Inquisitions, the cruelest pogroms and persecutions, were both fomented and supported by religion.
- Cannot
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Throughout history, self-styled arbiters have taken it upon themselves to decide the question of what can or cannot be the legitimate purview of art.
- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party.
- Gossip
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It's scary.
- Circumstances
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I think that every so-called history book and film biography should be prefaced by the statement that what follows is the author's rendition of events and circumstances.
- Men
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Throughout the history of Iceland, men have been lost at sea; every family in Iceland is connected to that kind of story.
- Together
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Europe and Africa share proximity and history, ideas and ideals, trade and technology. You are tied together by the ebb and flow of people. Migration presents policy challenges - but also represents an opportunity to enhance human development, promote decent work, and strengthen collaboration.
- Great
- |
- Nov 07, 2020