Ancient History Quotes

Ancient History Quote of the day

Our family arrived in England in 1960. At that time I thought the war was ancient history. But if I think of 15 years ago from now, thats 1990, and that seems like yesterday to me.

Is your Christianity ancient history--or current events?

that's me. ancient history." [Poseidon to Paul]

Fascist is not just an epithet. Fascist is a proper noun that means a specific thing. It's a real thing. It's not always referring to ancient history.

People whose concept of ancient history is the first series of Star Trek may be treated with patience, because it's usually not their fault they were reduced to getting their education from school.

Everyone's a singer now, thanks to karaoke, for better and for much worse. But the live band is now becoming ancient history in Thailand, Cambodia, and Burma.

He who writes well runs the civilization. Everyone else does the grunt work.

Only with maturity did I come to appreciate my own Chinese roots: not just the food and the ancient history, but also the philosophy of child-rearing and the respect for education and knowledge.

History, when they do it, is ancient history, and they sensationalize even that. Contemporary history is virtually ignored on television.

My ancient history teacher, Millie Lloyd, should have worn a medal for her performance at the battle of Thermopylae. She was excited and we were excited.

The story in that particular spot was an ancient history story, and we wanted to give it a historical feeling, which was why we used a historical calligraphy scroll come to life.

Look how Bill Cohen and George Mitchell worked together. It's the stuff of legends. And now it's the stuff of almost ancient history, regrettably, but the way those two really worked together.

I love Paris for its wide boulevards and cafes, and Rome for the ancient history, as seen at the Forum.

All ancient history was written with a moral object; the ethical interest predominates almost to the exclusion of all others.

Ancient history is oddly short on incorrect omens.

Ancient history, besides the still unequalled excellence of the writers, is the best instrument for cultivating the historical sense.

Oh dear, you are confusing molecular science with ancient history.

The character thing really is sort of, for me, personally, rather ancient history.