Quotes tagged ‘History’

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“Throughout history, there have been warriors called knights.”

“You’ve read the story of ‘Jesse James’, Of how he lived and died. If you’re still in need Of something to read, Here’s the story of ‘Bonnie and Clyde. Some day they’ll go down together they’ll bury them side by side to few it’ll be grief to the law a relief but it’s death for Bonnie and Clyde.”

— Bonnie Parker, theguardian.com

“President Trump has not only hardened his heart against the obvious suffering of refugees fleeing persecution, destruction and carnage in their homeland, he also ignores the lessons of history.”

— Ben Ray Lujan, lujan.house.gov

“Someone you met 3 weeks ago can have better intentions than someone you met 3 years ago, don’t let time fool you.”

— RonnieRadke, twitter.com

“It's been proven by history: all mankind makes mistakes.”

— Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Captain Sharp, Bruce Willis, imdb.com

“Agent Halpern: We have to consider the idea that our visitors are prodding us to fight among ourselves until only one faction prevails. Louise Banks: There's no evidence of that. Agent Halpern: Sure there is. Just grab a history book. The British with India, the German with Rwanda...”

— Eric Heisserer, Louise Banks, Amy Adams, imdb.com

“I felt most proud on the success of the Apollo mission.”

— Katherine Johnson, brainyquote.com

“The Civil War history industry has conveniently forgotten about the battle of Schrute Farms. Whatever. I'm over it. It's just grossly irresponsible.”

— Mindy Kaling, Dwight Schrute, Rainn Wilson, imdb.com

“Kevin Jackson: Jefferson used to sleep with his slaves. The book don't say nothin' about that. They don't even say how he even had slaves. Washington neither. So I don't see why I should bust my black ass reading about a bunch of lies. Harvey Lipschultz: Well, you see Mr. Jackson, my job is to see t…”

— David E Kelley, Harvey Lipschultz, Fyvush Finkel, imdb.com

“I’m mortified, Nathaniel. I mean, we could've permanently derailed the history of France.”

— Ray Utarnachitt, Morgan Faust, Amaya Jiwe, Maisie Richardson Sellers, imdb.com

“If you've got something you want to say, then just say it. You can save us a lot of time with this fuckin’ pointless history lesson in this goddamn creepy, uninmpressive, fuckin’ hall. I don't like it in here. It's gross.”

— David Gordon Green, Kenny Powers, Danny McBride, imdb.com

“Marcus Aurelius: When I die, you’re going to be sole emperor of Rome. Commodus: I’m not ready. Marcus Aurelius: Well you’ll have to be, because even when you’ve taken the throne, they’ll come for you.”

— Stephen David, Zachary Herrmann, Tim W. Kelly, Claire Lawton, Richard Lopez, Jeremiah Murphy, Jordan Rosenblum, Peter Sherman, Marcus Aurelius, John Bach, imdb.com

“It’s this willingness to make a blood sacrifice of minorities in exchange for 'normalcy' or prosperity that has observers drawing uncomfortable comparisons between then and now.”

— The Conversation, theconversation.com

“It’s not always up to us how history plays itself out.”

— David Guggenheim, Tom Kirkman, Kiefer Sutherland, imdb.com

“People on the internet are saying I am the queen of Sweden, because in the legend of King Arthur, he was given a sword by a lady in a lake, and that meant he would become king.”

— Saga Vanecek, theguardian.com

“Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive. Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony.”

— Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Morpheus, Laurence Fishburne, imdb.com

“If anything in this life is certain, if history has taught us anything, it is that you can kill anyone.”

— Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo, Don Michael Corleone, Al Pacino, imdb.com

“Meadow: Who invented the Mafia? Tony: What? Meadow: La cosa nostra, who invented that? AJ: Who cares? Meadow: Wasn't it Salvatore Luciana, better known as Charlie “Lucky” Luciano, who organized the five families? Lucchese, Gambino, Bonnano, Profaci. Tony: Is there somethin' you wanna say to me? Mead…”

— Frank Renzulli, David Chase, Tony Soprano, James Gandolfini, imdb.com

“We didn't start the fire. It was always burning since the world's been turning.”

— Billy Joel, open.spotify.com

“History is a beautiful thing.”

— Emma Rathbone, Carly Mensch, Liz Flahive, Sam Sylvia, Marc Maron, imdb.com