Quotes of: World-history Keyword

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

History is just littered with problems that were solved that were supposed to be impossible.

Paul Wolfowitz

I'm not one of those who wants to purge our society of our Christian history.

Richard Dawkins

The history of the white man in India really jumped up and bit me in the neck.

Roland Joffe

I began to feel that, in a sense, we were all prisoners of our own history.

Roland Joffe

For most of our history, no one dared to tell Americans, 'you don't build that.'

Rand Paul

The artist's job is to be a witness to his time in history.

Robert Rauschenberg

Unfortunately, we don't seem to learn from history, do we? And you'd think we would.

Ridley Scott