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
God cannot alter the past, though historians can. Samuel Butler British Poet More Samuel Butler Quotes 9
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. Karl Marx German Philosopher More Karl Marx 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
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
It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody. Richard M. Nixon American President More Richard M. Nixon Quotes 3
Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana American Philosopher More George Santayana Quotes 2
History is a set of lies agreed upon. Napoleon Bonaparte French General More Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes 2
We study the injustices of history for the same reason that we study genocide, and for the same reason that psychologists study the minds of murderers and rapists... to understand how those evil things came about. Jared Diamond American Author More Jared Diamond Quotes 1
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best. Margaret Thatcher English Leader More Margaret Thatcher Quotes 1
We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion. Fred Allen American Comedian More Fred Allen Quotes 1
You don't hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school. Stephen Ambrose American Historian More Stephen Ambrose Quotes 1
Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery. Albert Camus French Philosopher More Albert Camus Quotes 1
The main thing is to make history, not to write it. Otto von Bismarck German Leader More Otto von Bismarck Quotes 1
Let's be very honest about what this is about. It's not about bashing Democrats, it's not about taxes, they have no idea what the Boston tea party was about, they don't know their history at all. This is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up. Janeane Garofalo American Comedian More Janeane Garofalo Quotes 1
In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed. Charles Darwin English Scientist More Charles Darwin Quotes 1
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: "President Can't Swim." Lyndon B. Johnson American President More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes 1
I happened to happened to land in a time, in the middle '60s, that without knowing it, and without being told by the history of theater - which we now see from a historical point of view was an explosive time. James Earl Jones American Actor More James Earl Jones Quotes 1
If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow American Poet More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes 1