Quotes of: World-history Keyword

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

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history.

Nicolas Chamfort

The Vietnamese see their history as an unending series of struggles of resistance to aggression, by the Chinese, the Mongols, the Japanese, the French, and now the Americans.

Noam Chomsky

The most interesting comments, they don't come from people with Klout scores. They don't come from people with a history on our sites.

Nick Denton

We have a harder way to succeed in life as Serbs because of the past that we had and because of the history we had.

Novak Djokovic

The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing.

Norman Granz

Understanding the long, sordid history of gun control in America is key to understanding the dangers of disarming.

Niger Innis

In fact, the Senkaku Islands are... inherent territory of Japan that is recognized in our history and also by international law.

Naoto Kan

There's so much history amongst ourselve that reminds us of something, and we start cracking up.

Nikki Sixx