History Quotes (5360 Quotes)

I was a daydreamer, and there is a lot of history and geography and science I missed out on because I was in my head. And I regret that.

If you look at the history of big obstacles in understanding our world, there's usually an intuitive assumption underlying them that's wrong.

Like the philosopher, the author views his task as one of establishing a clear connection between life and history, and of making the past bear fruit for the present and future.

This will be one of the - if not the - biggest single event in terms of insured losses in U.S. history.

Ideology aside, it's going to be difficult to run the court any better than he did. We will look back on the Rehnquist court as one of the smoothest in the court's history.

Intel has a history of making smooth leadership transitions.

These kids are facing the most sophisticated mass-marketing system in history.

I sort of missed one big thing, to touch first base. I hope I didn't act foolish, but this is history.

That really placed him on the archaeological map. It really helped the beginnings of the rewriting of Egyptian history.

By not just deeming her as the wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. we pay homage to her. The history of this country remains incomplete without her rightful place in the annals of our scholarship.

It appears that this is, in fact, the worst vehicular collision in the city's history, given the number of injuries,

Iran is the only major oil-producing country that still has a budget deficit. History tells us since the Iranian revolution, they always talk about cutting production, but they've never cut it.

As a historical society, we knew we had to preserve history, but now we have to pursue it, too.

We're playing what some argue is the best team in college football history.

It's incredible. To be seeded higher than any team in the history of Tennessee basketball, goes a long way. I'm happy with where we're at. Now we have to take advantage of this opportunity.

So in addition to music, the students will get important lessons in history and social studies.

Blood alone moves the wheels of history.

Whenever one reads of the determination of the species, or opens a book on natural science and history, in whatever language, one inevitably comes across the name of Linne.

De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history.

Most of my career has been spent with the RSC doing Shakespeare, and the thing you learn from Shakespeare is that his historical plays don't bear anything other than a basic resemblance to history.

There was great news that it had risen to number one but at the same time the awful news that all the history, all the archives, sets and models had been lost in the fire.

That's definitely cool. I read some of the stats of what the history was with Sam Ard doing it, and it's pretty cool.

This is history. It took a little research, surprising one lives right here in Savannah.

We've brought the vote above 5 million for the first time in state history, ... We've made some progress.

It's very clear to me from all the e-mail messages I've got here, that we were America's team for about an hour and we had within our grasp the opportunity to make additional history. We made a big leap this year, we demonstrated we can play at this level, we've got a good coach, they have a bright future. That's what tonight was all about.

At the current rate, we would run out (of funds) by the end of January, which would be the earliest we would have to close the fund in the history of New York.

Reggie is well deserving of his Hall of Fame induction. In my mind, he will go down as the greatest defensive end in NFL history. He was a great teammate and a fun player to coach. As good as a player as he was on the field, he was an even better person off the field. He left a lasting legacy, both in the NFL and in the community.

Beat the U.S. It would be the biggest win in the history of sports in Chile after the Olympics. Especially playing on grass, playing the U.S. They have three top-10 (players) in the world, the No. 1 doubles in the world. Can you imagine It would be a big surprise. It would be a big event in Chile if we beat them.

History will show Alan Greenspan did an outstanding job. He's just steeped in economics. He knows the data better than probably just about anyone else I know.

The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he cannot of course create it.

I have a history in football but what is the history of this guy, this midget Michael Owen He ought to clean his tongue and wash the boots of David Beckham as they are so wet tonight.

I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.

Since the election, since the formation of a government, the death in Iraq has increased. The United States stands by, helpless to do anything about it. That's the reality, not George Bush's revisionist history!

if not for oral history, my uncle would not have pursued the history that became the 'Roots' project.

Frankly I think that's unfair, ... ...I think it's possible to take issue with the content of that film. I think it's certainly fair to debate what it said about the time and what it continues to say about the issue of race relations in the United States. But I don't think that that is his whole identity. The man was one of the great figures in film history, he was the inventor of the epic film.

Number-one problem, Katrina was the worst disaster in the history of the United States. Number two, the lack of leadership by the president, FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency ), the governor and the mayor.

The travelling public responded to the lower fares in huge numbers with the result that we carried more than 10 million passengers in a calendar year for the first tine in our history.

Throughout all this history, the CEA has, in most cases, provided the president with the best economic advice available at the time and has, crucially, been a consistent advocate for the importance of market forces,

When Coretta Scott King invited me to come to Atlanta and give a speech and sing at a tribute to her last year, I decided to write a song for her and sing it directly to her. I was studying her words and history, and I wrote 'The Courage in Your Eyes.' I look at those pictures of her standing with Dr. King -- she was a rock.

This is the greatest society in all of human history, the greatest country ever. Many of the decisions being made in Washington today by both parties are threatening that greatness. And if we stay on this road we're on right now, our children are going to be the first Americans ever to inherit a diminished country.

I was thinking I'd just made one of the biggest blunders in playoff history.

It feels like a chapter in Minnesota political history is closing. I think of Sabo as the last notable link to the Humphrey-Mondale-Fraser era of the DFL Party.

As one who loves literature, art, music and history, I've been deeply rooted in the Harlem Renaissance for many years.

Everybody talks about the history of North Kingstown. I wanted to get a new history of North Kingstown.

Let us beware that while they Soviet rulers preach the supremacy of the state, declare its omnipotence over individual man, and predict its eventual domination over all the peoples of the earth, they are the focus of evil in the modern world. I urge you to beware the temptation to ignore the facts of history and the aggressive impulses of any evil empire, to simply call the arms race a giant misunderstanding and thereby remove yourself from the struggle between right and wrong, good and evil.

The story of the veterans should be told. That's our history. It was a global event that is worthy of our respect.

It is an island full of myth, full of story, full of history, ... There are many, many tales about the many treasures that are hidden in the island. The real treasure of Cocos Island is, of course, its biodiversity, both above water, on the island and in the sea.

Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history.

My opinion is that Brown probably doesn't have much to worry about because it's hard to copyright history. The same thing happened with 'Roots.' Anybody who has a best-selling novel, people tend to come out of the woodwork.

Any time you captain a club like Manly, with so much history, it is disappointing to lose such a position (captain). It was a job I was pretty proud to have.