Quotes of: Contemporary-history Keyword

I studied history when I was at school, at A-level, actually. I wouldn't profess to being very knowledgeable though, no.

Kit Harington

The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he cannot of course create it.

Karl Marx

Any suggestion that science and religion are incompatible flies in the face of history, logic, and common sense.

Kenneth R. Miller

I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it.

Kanye West

It would mean a lot to me to get into the Hall of Fame, to be grouped with some of the greatest players in history.

Leon Day

When it comes to true humility in the face of history, nothing beats complete silence.

Lev Grossman

I want to become a student. I want to read Chinese history and go on a dig.

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

In 1974, the modeling world changed. Jerry Ford and my lawyer negotiated the deal for the first exclusive contract in modeling history.

Lauren Hutton

If some peoples pretend that history or geography gives them the right to subjugate other races, nations, or peoples, there can be no peace.

Ludwig von Mises

If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization.

Ludwig von Mises

Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery.

Maya Angelou

Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word.

Mason Cooley

Nixon has enough to overcome in terms of his legacy and his political history. Now he has to overcome the in-fighting between his daughters. It's so sad. There's another obstacle for him to clear.

Monica Crowley

It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.

Malcolm Forbes

Many new lovers and spouses struggle to reconcile themselves with their partners' relationship history, but it's an insecurity I left behind in my 20s.

Mariella Frostrup

I love the Shakespeare history plays; I love the struggle for the crown as a plot.

Mark Gatiss

I think journalists have the right to their opinions but I think their opinions should be based on history and what they see, not what they feel, how long they've been waiting or whether it's raining or it's snowing or whatever.

Marc Jacobs

It's very likely that graduates, current employees and retirees have some wonderful pieces of Deer Park history in their closets or garages.

Matt Lucas

I really am enjoying my economics class, but I think my favorite course has to be history.

Molly Quinn

I did magic all my life from the time I was 12, and I like to tap into the magic from history.

Marco Tempest

I'm the biggest fighter in the history of the sport. If you don't believe it, check the cash register.

Mike Tyson