History Quotes

I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.
Gary Numan

Love, Attitude, Patriotic

Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the conditions uppermost in its own time.
Frederick Jackson Turner

Age, Time, Past

If history is any indication, all truths will eventually turn out to be false.
Dean Kamen

Turn, False, Eventually

Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's founders and heroes. As the ultimate icon of America's storied history, the Stars and Stripes represents the very best of this nation.
Joe Barton

Best, Sacrifice, America

To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed, of several other departments of science, affords useful assistance.
Charles Babbage

Knowledge, Science, Chemistry

All history has been a history of class struggles between dominated classes at various stages of social development.
Friedrich Engels

Between, Social, Class

All through history, there have always been movements where business was not just about the accumulation of proceeds but also for the public good.
Anita Roddick

Good, Business, Through

Crazy Horse saw history as integrated in the present, incorporated into daily life.
Stephen Ambrose

Life, Crazy, Daily

I don't know the history of my sport. I'm not like those people who know everything.
Usain Bolt

I wanted to make sure that the man who found the genie would not take terrible advantage of her, so he needed to be a person of integrity and honor - which is why I made the male lead an astronaut. The rest, as they say, is history.
Sidney Sheldon

Integrity, Person, Made

I know that throughout their history, the people of the United States defended their freedom, their liberty, their justice, and their rights - if need be - with their lives. I think their courage is so admirable.
Lee Myung-bak

Freedom, Courage, Justice

When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
Ma Jian

Moral, Values, Erased

From a reality perspective, I'm sure part of that is true, but this is the largest blackout in U.S. history. If that is not a signal that we have got a problem that needs to be fixed, I don't know what is.
Jennifer Granholm

True, Reality, Problem

If I had a choice as to my perfect career, I would make a couple of films a year and then concentrate on natural history.
Dominic Monaghan

Career, Perfect, Choice

The 4th Amendment and the personal rights it secures have a long history. At the very core stands the right of a man to retreat into his own home and there be free from unreasonable governmental intrusion.
Potter Stewart

Home, Long, Free

In Thailand's history there have been dissensions from time to time, but in general, unity has prevailed.
Bhumibol Adulyadej

Time, General, Unity

It was one of those great miracles of history that they managed to smuggle an Enigma machines out to Britain just before they were invaded by the Nazis.
Michael Apted

Great, Before, Miracles

You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
Arthur Ashe

Life, Equality, Find

I think there's a lot of deep-rooted history in England with racing. Lots of Formula One teams are based there. Formula One is obviously a huge sport over in England and Europe.
Danica Patrick

Racing, Europe, Based

Watch the History Channel if you want it literal and historically perfect.
Emily Blunt

Perfect, Watch, Literal

There's a difference between knowing what's on the page in a history book and actually feeling that page have curves and valleys.
Garth Brooks

Feeling, Book, Between

It's a required part of your film history to know who Woody is. His movies are so wonderful, and not just funny but so insightful about human behavior.
Scarlett Johansson

Funny, Movies, Human

God has never, in the history of mankind, allowed his name to go long offended.
David Wilkerson

God, Long, Name

With our knowledge of modern-day genetics, we realize that it was possible for God to place the potential for all people throughout history into the genes of Adam and Eve when He created them.
Walter Lang

God, Knowledge, Place

I believe our flag is more than just cloth and ink. It is a universally recognized symbol that stands for liberty, and freedom. It is the history of our nation, and it's marked by the blood of those who died defending it.
John Thune

Freedom, Liberty, Nation

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