Quotes of: Family-history Keyword

African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia.

George Ayittey

History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right.

George H. W. Bush

Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history - revisionist historians is what I like to call them.

George W. Bush

The true history of my administration will be written 50 years from now, and you and I will not be around to see it.

George W. Bush

I have had success throughout the years. Some of the hard rock bands today don't have the history that I have.

Gary Cherone

America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.

Georges Clemenceau

I got interested in palaeontology and vertebrate history - sparked by books on human evolution - then vertebrate evolution. Studying with palaeontologists kindled my interest in fieldwork.

Greg Graffin

I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American.

George McGovern

Do you really believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, plans to be a loser in history?

Gary North

During the 1990s, San Francisco lived through one of the most intense economic booms of its history.

Gavin Newsom

Who can doubt that between the English and the French, between the Scotch and the Irish, there are differences of character which have profoundly affected and still affect the course of history?

Goldwin Smith

The institution of chivalry forms one of the most remarkable features in the history of the Middle Ages.

Horatio Alger

The reform process began with the historic consensus on the Charter of National Action, in which the Bahraini people decided on a new chapter of their history.

Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

I really like all of the characters in 'The Secret History' by Donna Tartt, especially Camilla, the one girl. I find her fascinating.

Hannah Murray

History is always changing behind us, and the past changes a little every time we retell it.

Hilary Mantel

The history of Europe over the last several centuries provides clear evidence of the transformative power of commerce.

Iqbal Quadir

Very exceeding wonderful is the history concerning Abraham, for the kingdom of Christ is therein wholly represented.

Jakob Bohme

Since creation of the E.U. a half century ago, Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history.

John Bruton

I don't feel proprietorial about the problems of philosophy. History has taught us that many philosophical issues can grow up, leave home and live elsewhere.

Julian Baggini

As contemporary history reminds us we are human to the extent that we are able to chose between alternatives.

John G. D. Clark

Prayer holds together the shattered fragments of the creation. It makes history possible.

Jacques Ellul