“I did not make any study of any recorded history with regard to the disputed subject.”
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.
Western nations act as if they 'own' the globe, history, and all material objects.
The shengren is the single most important concept in Chinese history.
The most powerful poetry is birthed through cracks in history, through what is broken and unseen.
There is something very dry in family history, because no one cares for other people's relations.
“I do not have any specific knowledge of history of Babur's reign.”
There is no hiding place for you from these very facts of our history.
The history of the women's movement in the West has unfolded completely differently from here.
Making history with each of you today is a monumental moment in my life and in Los Angeles.
It has history to discover, outlets for shopping, good food and a quiet atmosphere.