Quotes of: Contemporary-history Keyword

We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.

John F. Kennedy

My face has changed with the years and has enough history in it to give audiences something to work with.

Jeanne Moreau

I will be the first woman president of Mexico in history.

Josefina Vazquez Mota

Robots have a rich and storied history in movies.

John Podhoretz

We did this together. We, as a team, made history tonight.

Johan Santana

Grace can and does have a history.

Karl Rahner

History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.

Lord Acton

A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke.

Max Eastman

I think people in general have neglected to learn about history.

Maynard James Keenan

You know that's history, that's why some people say that my stuff is retro, but I don't agree.

Marc Newson

The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

Mark Twain

For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study.

Nicolaus Copernicus

Fashion is an expression of a time, of a place, of history. It's putting things into context.

Nina Garcia

Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!

Nikita Khrushchev

Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most.

Norman Mailer

It's not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions.

Norman Mailer

Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented.

Nancy Pelosi

A Germany team should not be afraid going into a tournament. History shows that we can raise the level of our game when it matters.

Oliver Kahn

You don't want to trash what you've done; that's your history.

Pat Benatar

History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

Paul Valery