History Quotes

Smallpox was the worst disease in history. It killed more people than all the wars in history.

Larry Brilliant

The worst thing about Halloween is, of course, candy corn. It's unbelievable to me. Candy corn is the only candy in the history of America that's never been advertised. And there's a reason. All of the candy corn that was ever made was made in 1911. ...

Lewis Black

In one aspect, my works record the history of the development of Chinese society. Concern about the situation of Chinese reality is one important theme of my works. I am trying to ask, 'How does our society develop? What are the problems in our socie...

Liu Bolin

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.

Louis D. Brandeis

Goodrich was the biggest acquisition in the history of aerospace.

Louis R. Chenevert

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.

Lawrence Durrell

It would mean a lot to me to get into the Hall of Fame, to be grouped with some of the greatest players in history.

Leon Day

Wales is blessed with some truly magnificent castles, full of history and a must see for visitors.

Luke Evans

But Maastricht was not the end of history. It was a first step towards a Europe of growth, of employment, a social Europe. That was the vision of Francois Mitterrand. We are far from that now.

Laurent Fabius

I should add that it is open to debate whether what we call the writing of history these days is truly scientific.

Lion Feuchtwanger

Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission.

Lion Feuchtwanger

Both the historian and the novelist view history as the struggle of a tiny minority, able and determined to make judgments, which is up against a vast and densely packed majority of the blind, who are led by their instincts and unable to think for th...

Lion Feuchtwanger

I loved history, particularly of the British, American and Old Testament kind.

Luke Ford

As to the old history of Ireland, the first man ever died in Ireland was Partholan, and he is buried, and his greyhound along with him, at some place in Kerry.

Lady Gregory

Labor has a proud history of tackling discrimination and introducing important social reform.

Lara Giddings

Every actor in the room honored Sidney for being there so many years before. And everybody was so moved to be at a place where history was being made again. It was tangible.

Lee Grant

When it comes to true humility in the face of history, nothing beats complete silence.

Lev Grossman

I had a history for starting something and maybe getting halfway done. Then I'd see the same thing I was doing on the bestseller list! My ideas were right, but I hadn't done them fast enough.

Lori Greiner

I've been accepted at Cambridge University. I want to study Chinese history and archaeology. I want to become a student. I want to read Chinese history and go on a dig.

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

I want to become a student. I want to read Chinese history and go on a dig.

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

But the history of the changes produced by a universal idea is not a history of changes in the individual, but of changes brought about by the successive efforts of millions of individuals in the course of many generations.

Lafcadio Hearn