History Quotes
Carlyle leads by count, with Yuval Noah Harari, Will Durant and Isaac Asimov close behind. The sourced picks include Karl Popper’s claim in The Open Society (1945) that there is no history of mankind, only many histories of aspects of human life, and Oscar Wilde’s line from 1891 that anybody can make history but only a great man can write it.
The Churchill line “History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it” is flagged as misattributed. What the notes give is his House of Commons speech of 23 January 1948, in which he proposed to leave the past to history, especially as he intended to write that history. A line on Anglo-Irish history credited to Shaw is flagged too, and the notes record the more common, punchier version of it.
Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you.
History is bunk. What difference does it make how many times the ancient Greeks flew their kites?
History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.
Throughout history, females have picked providers for mates. Males pick anything.
I love art, and I love history, but it is living art and living history that I love...
This bill raises the debt ceiling by $5 TRILLION, the biggest increase in history.
Location is not, as the estate agents say, everything. We must also consider our place in history.
The history of France begins with the French language. Language is the primary sign of nationality.
History supplies us with examples of almost every possible modification of government.