Quotes about History

“The aim of God in history is the creation of an all-inclusive community of loving persons with God himself at the very heart of this community as its prime Sustainer and most glorious Inhabitant.”

“Nobody's ever made a film in the history of cinema where they weren't expecting some return on their dough.”

“For most of the history of our species we were helpless to understand how nature works. We took every storm, drought, illness and comet personally. We created myths and spirits in an attempt to explain the patterns of nature.”

“Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.”

“Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.”

“If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: 'President Can't Swim.'”

“It is a standing source of astonishment and amusement to visitors that the British Museum has so few British things in it: that it is a museum about the world as seen from Britain rather than a history focused on these islands.”

“We are in the midst of a momentous catastrophe of world history, of a transformation of all aspects of life and of the entire inner human being This is perhaps fortunate for the artistic person, if he is strong enough to bear the consequences, because what we need is the courage to have inner experience.”

“It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving - as if it were an individual person - its own ends. History is nothing but the activity of men in pursuit of their ends.”

“The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.”

“I'm really interested in modern history, but to fulfill a History degree at Brown you have to do modern and pre-modern.”

“Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now.”

“History is a vision of God's creation on the move.”

“I've done some analysis of the biblical stories as part of my psychological work. I knew that I had more to do, and every time I've done it, it's been extremely valuable. It makes me a better teacher because I have a richer understanding of cultural history.”

“The Jews' greatest contribution to history is dissatisfaction! We're a nation born to be discontented. Whatever exists we believe can be changed for the better.”

“The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.”

“World history is a court of judgment.”

“The history of science shows that theories are perishable. With every new truth that is revealed we get a better understanding of Nature and our conceptions and views are modified.”

“The way you 'take history' is also a way of 'making history.'”

“I let the American people down.”

“When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.”