History Quotes

When I first heard that Barack Obama was going to be the first black president, I wanted to do the smallest, biggest tribute in history.

Willard Wigan

The history of liberty is a history of resistance.

Woodrow Wilson

It is like writing history with lightning and my only regret is that it is all so terribly true.

Woodrow Wilson

The Iran nuclear issue is on top of the agenda. It is a very complicated issue with long history.

Yukiya Amano

It was August 28th, 1963, and the greatest civil rights coalition in modern history had descended upon Washington. Hundreds of thousands of protesters trekked through the heat, stretching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial.

Yvette Clarke

We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.

Yvette Clarke

Most of us get our history through story.

Yann Martel

I'm not interested so much in collaboration. You see that from the history of my albums.

Yoko Ono

My working history as an actor is definitely in the theatre; it certainly was in Australia.

Yael Stone

Australia has a very big history of incarceration. What does that mean to us? What does it mean that we came over to a country that's not necessarily ours and filled it with white prisoners?

Yael Stone

We have said that Israel has had a very bad history with the United Nations, and whoever cares for himself in Israel distances himself from that Organization.

Yitzhak Shamir

According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979.

Zbigniew Brzezinski

I read a lot of plays as a kid, but I didn't see that many plays, so I feel better-versed in film history and film structure. I just think it's easier to think in pictures.

Zoe Kazan

History can never be covered up.

Zhu Rongji

When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm reading books about history, computers, or embroidery.

Lynn Abbey

There has never been an unexpectedly short debugging period in the history of computers.

Steven Levy

In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car.

Lawrence Summers

I think cars encapsulate the history of innovation and style - it's the other side of the coin of the car being public enemy No.1.

Norman Foster

My dad read history, about a book a day, but only after he retired as a successful bank and insurance man.

Barry Hannah

Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things.

Edward Kennedy

My dad said, 'Go to college and take whatever you want.' So, I went to the University of Miami. When I got up to the line at registration, I saw that you had to take math and history. I said, 'There's no way I'm taking math and history.' And right ne...

Ray Liotta