Quotes of: History-repeats-itself Keyword

The history of trying to start a daily where there already is one is that it has never worked.

John Morton

I long for the time when all human history is taught as one history, because it really is.

Maya Angelou

The 1950s and 1960s had been a period of enormous growth, the highest in American history, maybe in economic history.

Noam Chomsky

I don't know the history of my sport. I'm not like those people who know everything.

Usain Bolt

No back in the history of football was ever worth two fumbles a game.

Woody Hayes

In the history of women's tennis the great players have come back from long absences with no problems.

Lindsay Davenport

The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice - their choice.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Kasper Gutman: These are facts, historical facts, not schoolbook history, not Mr. Wells' history, but history nevertheless.

The Maltese Falcon

The following twenty years would be the nadir of American Indian history, as the total Indian population between 1890 and 1910 fell to fewer than 250,000. (It was not until 1917 that Indian births exceeded deaths for the first time in fifty years.)

Don't Know Much about History: Everything You Need to Know about American History But Never Learned

In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive, and will every now and then peep out and show itse...

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

My emotions were like a crowd. Give ’em what they want. Barabbas or the J-man. There’s gonna be a crucifixion. Well, more or less. Because if you ask me, purveyor of useless facts, the promise of sex with someone you’re starting to like puts yo...

A Horse Named Sorrow

Judaism, for example, presents itself as monotheistic and retrofits that claim on its history by revising its lore. But in ancient times, Judaism was much more accurately Henotheism, wherein people (particularly common folk) worshipped a principal go...

The Illusion of "Truth": The Real Jesus Behind the Grand Myth

Keep in mind, we are past the age of enlightenment. This is past reason. We are pretty deep into modern history and the decline of religion. This is when nature itself has been stripped bare of its cozy personality and we all feel homeless in our nat...

Some Sexual Success Stories: Plus Other Stories in Which God Might Choose to Appear

And even though the resurrection of Jesus, by itself, is meaningless apart from the unfolding biblical drama that begins with creation and leads to the consummation, nevertheless, by beginning with this unique event in history, we are led to a partic...

Pilgrim Theology: Core Doctrines for Christian Disciples

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. We contend that for a nation to tax itself in...

Winston S. Churchill

Hollywood doesn't even have respect for itself. Hollywood lies to itself.

Paul Mooney

Louis Vuitton has a long history with collaborations.

Delphine Arnault

Never argue; repeat your assertion.

Robert Owen

[repeated line] Teddy: Two for flinching!

Stand by Me

[repeated line] Sarah: It's not fair!

Labyrinth

[repeated line] Solomon Solomon: Don't do this, Donnie!

Magnolia