Us History Quotes

This is the first time in history that we've had this level of luxury, so we have a new opportunity to rethink the way we approach God.

When I think of black television and history, I always use The Cosby Show as the bar.

Then my extended family, there are preachers and evangelists, former priests. So I have quite a bit of history with Church, religion and spirituality.

I'm a human who is aware of the history of humanity and the ways in which the movies touch on those things.

History is a river that never ends. Today is history, and I am here at the fountainhead.

There is an awful lot of difference between reading something and actually seeing it, for you can never tell, till you see it, just how big a liar History is.

Don't be misled by History, or any other unreliable source.

We are the first nation in the history of the world to go to the poorhouse in an automobile.

As far as I can see, the history of experimental art in the twentieth century is intimately bound up with the experience of intoxification.

I have the best job in the entire history of broadcasting.

When I first heard that Barack Obama was going to be the first black president, I wanted to do the smallest, biggest tribute in history.

My other bodily ailments have become mere matters of history.

All history shows that, in exact proportion as nations advance in civilisation, the accounts of miracles taking place among them become rarer and rarer, until at last they entirely cease.

You must always know the past, for there is no real Was, there is only Is.

History is only a tiresome repetition of one story. Persons and classes have sought to win possession of the power of the State in order to live luxuriously out of the earnings of others

When self-important people and powerful institutions are governed by illusion, history has a way of biting back.

Very few conflicts in the history of the world have been satisfactorily concluded according to a published timetable, because you lose all flexibility in dealing with your opponents.

Gardening is an art form, but it has lost its sense of history.

When the history of this period is written, [William Jennings] Bryan will stand out as one of the most remarkable men of his generation and one of the biggest political men of our country.

In the whole history of this country, we have probably won more friends from the power of our example than from the power of our military.

The most ethical administration in the history of the Republic.

The simple fact is that we must not-and we will not-surrender our borders to those who wish to exploit our history of compassion and justice.

If you look at how many thousands and thousands of pages, Web pages, are being added to the Internet every day, it's the fastest growing organism in human history for communications.

The media claimed to be non-partisan, centrist. It's not been that way for a lot of history.

Historical awareness is a kind of resurrection.

The history of the United States is the story of people of many backgrounds.

The truth is that history constantly presents new problems in the guise of old.

I shall show the cinders of my spirits Through the ashes of my chance.

Either our history shall with full mouth Speak freely of our acts, or else our grave, Like Turkish mute, shall have a tongueless mouth, Not worshipped with a waxen epitaph.

Those old credulities, to Nature dear, Shall they no longer bloom upon the stock Of history?

History unfolds itself by strange and unpredictable paths. We have little control over the future; and none at all over the past.

Is the only lesson of history to be that mankind is unteachable?

My working history as an actor is definitely in the theatre; it certainly was in Australia.

When you look at the history of wars, they ultimately revolve around one claim: "My god is better than yours."

Art is the suitcase of history, carrying the essentials. Art is the life buoy of history. Art is seed, art is memory, art is vaccine.

Most of us get our history through story.

I'm not interested so much in collaboration. You see that from the history of my albums.

The Iran nuclear issue is on top of the agenda. It is a very complicated issue with long history.

We examine and highlight the history of the African descendants in America, and know that each and every one of us has come this far because of our faith in this country.

I have one of the worst voices in the history of recorded time.

Of course killing people is 'wrong', but I think history shows that sometimes it serves the greater good.

I really couldn't say how famous I really am, that's for the history books to decide. But I'll probably be pretty up there.

I think slavery was an awful, awful period in our history, but when I look at what's become of black culture since emancipation, I think you have to admit, maybe the Confederacy was on to something

In reality, in the history of it, the captains are only really in charge during an engagement. The rest of the time, everyone had got the same vote. It's been very interesting finding that.

If those people in power never made any mistakes, we'd be done for as a democracy. But people keep making mistakes. History is a series of mistakes.

History is a series of mistakes. Now the task is to plan for those mistakes so those of us who are populists can actually take over the reins of power when the right mistakes are made.

I read a lot of plays as a kid, but I didn't see that many plays, so I feel better-versed in film history and film structure. I just think it's easier to think in pictures.

I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.

I tell you of all history the most beautiful product is the family tie.

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker