“History shows that there are no invincible armies and that there never have been.”— Joseph Stalin, en.wikiquote.org
“When you and another are in conversation, invisible others, ancient spirits are mediating your minds.”— Corey Anton, academia.edu
“The sea of history is where we all find ourselves, and language is an ancient invisible ship, a vessel by which we travel over all that we encounter.”— Corey Anton, academia.edu
“This is the most critical line in the dirt in our state's history. Not only for the disaster but for the opportunity it has created. In the past, we have either not had the motivation or the money or the consensus.”— Jim Brown, successories.com
“It was a weird school day, you know what I mean because it kind of like started off kind of normal. You have like English, Geometry, Social Studies and then suddenly you're like in 'Lord of The Flies' for 40 minutes you know you're hangin' from a rope. You have hardly any clothes on. Teachers are ye…”— Larry Charles, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, imdb.com
“The historian holds out a sieve and most of the past, the real past, goes through it. People’s feelings, people’s intimacies, they all go through the sieve, and all that’s left is a few scraps and lumps.”— Robert Lacy, forbes.com
“I can't recall a day this year or last when I did not hear the name of Babe Ruth.”— Hank Aaron, amazon.com
“Why was Gilgamesh voted the Sexiest Man in History? Women love a man in cuneiform.”— 4DimensionalToilet, reddit.com
“It's interesting to see that people had so much clutter even thousands of years ago. The only way to get rid of it all was to bury it, and then some archaeologist went and dug it all up.”— Karl Pilkington, amazon.com
“We CANNOT forget our history because we CANNOT repeat it. The world once came together to fight for peace. To fight for the innocent. To fight for freedom.”— Cassey Ho, instagram.com
“The first thing I encountered on entering the museum was the earliest steam engine built in England. As I walked on, marveling at each successive mechanical wonder, I realized that I was witnessing the history of machinery, as if on parade, from its primitive beginnings to the present day, in all it…”— Diego Rivera, amazon.com
“History, like beauty, depends largely on the beholder, so when you read that, for example, David Livingstone discovered the Victoria Falls, you might be forgiven for thinking that there was nobody around the Falls until Livingstone arrived on the scene.”— Desmond Tutu, amazon.com
“...black performers were carving out a life -- a significant, adventurous, amazing life, amidst all that. Why despite how tragic and ugly it often is, I love history. It's full of people who give the middle finger to adversity.”— Joy Reid, twitter.com
“Remember sitting in history, thinking “If I was alive then, I would’ve…” You’re alive now. Whatever you’re doing is what you would’ve done.”— David Slack, twitter.com
“The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact, non-Westerners never do.”— Robert J.C. Young, amazon.com
“For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.”— Jacques Cousteau, goodreads.com
“There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens.”— Coretta Scott King, en.wikiquote.org
“I just wanted to be the first one to fly for America, not because I'd end up in the pages of history books.”— Alan Shepard, en.wikiquote.org
“History would be far different if we did not tend to hear God most clearly when we think He is telling us exactly what it is we want to hear”— Madeleine Albright, amazon.com
“We’ll pray to all the wrong decisions. This time, you’ll show all you can be. Grab your weapons now; we’ll run against the crowd and changing history”— Andy Biersack, open.spotify.com