Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.
When I was in South Africa, I went for dinner with some friends, and I knew more about their history than they did - it just hasn't been told.
You had to be aware that I saw that photography was a mere episode in the history of the optical projection and when the chemicals ended, meaning the picture was fixed by chemicals, we were in a new era.
The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue.
Throughout history, it took centuries for the habits of one culture to materially affect another. Now, that which becomes popular in one country can sweep through others within months.
It is normal for politicians in all countries to profess themselves the pupils of history, anxious to draw the right lessons from her teaching.
We must admit that history is enjoyable to a large extent because it enables us to pass judgement on the past.
History provides no precise guidelines.
We should be wary of politicians who profess to follow history while only noticing those signposts of history that point in the direction which they themselves already favour.
Wisely used history can give pleasure and provide us with a useful tool; but we should not become its slaves.
We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces; nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history.
History is like a constantly changing tree.
You count a man's U.S. Amateur titles after he starts winning professional majors. That's something any intelligent golf writer with a sense of history is supposed to know.
I went to my first dinosaur hall with my father and twin brother. We went to the American Museum of Natural History, and I was blown away by the dinosaurs.
If history is any indication, all truths will eventually turn out to be false.
History had its own way of explaining things. The way historians explain things is by telling a story.
Without history we are the prisoners of the accident of where and when we were born.
I think really, China, Chinese, I think they really have a long history of civilization, rich culture.
I do have to say that I think that President Obama is the greatest President in the history of all of our Presidents, and that he can do no wrong in my book. So how's that for prejudice on the Democratic side?
I think young people don't really know that much about the Civil Rights Movement and about the history of African Americans in this country. It's not taught enough in school.
