What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past. Victor Hugo French Author More Victor Hugo Quotes 10
For most of history, Anonymous was a woman. Virginia Woolf British Author More Virginia Woolf Quotes 10
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. Karl Marx German Philosopher More Karl Marx Quotes 9
I've always been interested in all sorts of things. Art, physics, history, philosophy, math -- they're all interesting. Making games just seems like a way to bring all these seemingly unrelated things together. Dan Wolfe More Dan Wolfe Quotes 9
Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it. Edmund Burke Irish Statesman More Edmund Burke Quotes 7
Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy. Margaret Thatcher English Leader More Margaret Thatcher Quotes 7
The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history. George Eliot British Author More George Eliot Quotes 7
People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make. Gilbert K. Chesterton English Writer More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes 6
The true history of my administration will be written 50 years from now, and you and I will not be around to see it. George W. Bush American President More George W. Bush Quotes 5
The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since the invention of call waiting. Dave Barry American Journalist More Dave Barry Quotes 5
There is no short and easy road, no magic cure for those ills which have afflicted mankind from the dawn of history. Frank B. Kellogg American Politician More Frank B. Kellogg Quotes 4
You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Maya Angelou American Poet More Maya Angelou Quotes 4
The tolerance within the body of Islam was, and is, something without parallel in history; class and race and color ceasing altogether to be barriers. Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall More Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall Quotes 3
In her own simple way, Rosa Parks changed the history of our nation. She forced us to recognize the dignity of every person. She was a prophet -- a common instrument of God inviting us and challenging us to a new vision of solidarity, equality and justice. We were blessed to have her as citizen of Detroit. Adam Maida More Adam Maida Quotes 3
In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful. Leo Tolstoy Russian Novelist More Leo Tolstoy Quotes 2
Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both. C. Wright Mills American Sociologist More C. Wright Mills Quotes 2
History is a set of lies agreed upon. Napoleon Bonaparte French General More Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes 2
Don't make excuses. Make things happen. Make changes. Then make history. Doug Hall More Doug Hall Quotes 2
History and social science is a difficult area because it is not just an academic content area but an issue that reflects how people view themselves and so tends to get more emotional. Glee Johnson More Glee Johnson Quotes 2
One of the weaknesses of our society is that history is still news to most people. Grant Fairley More Grant Fairley Quotes 1
It was one of the worst, most violent days in the history of Boston. John Powers More John Powers Quotes 1
I must study politics and war, that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy, natural history and naval architecture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, tapestry, and porcelain. John Adams American President More John Adams Quotes 1