Subject: Time » History

People who make history know nothing about history; you can see that in the sort of history they make.

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist
History Time

The great themes of Canadian history are as follows: Keeping the Americans out, keeping the French in, and trying to get the Natives to somehow disappear.

(1964 – ) Canadian writer & novelist
America Canada History People Places

My ancestors didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they were there to meet the boat.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator
History People Things Time

American History Is A Thing of the Past

Headlines History

Brought up in the provinces in the forties and fifties one learned early the valuable lesson that life is generally something that happens elsewhere.

English author, actor, humorist & playwright
History Time

I don't have to look up my family tree, because I know that I'm the sap.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian
History Relationships Time

After you've heard two eyewitness accounts of an automobile accident, you begin to worry about history.

(1953 – ) comedian & actor
Accidents Autos History

History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.

(1889 – 1944) English historian
History Occupations Time

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator
Books Communication History Reading/Writing

History doesn't repeat itself – historians merely repeat each other.

History Murphy’s Laws Time

[Paul Revere] did warn the British… and I know my American history.

(1964 – ) U.S. governor (Alaska) commentator & author
History Misspokements

History is more or less bunk.

(1863 – 1947) automobile industrialist
History Time

 It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything.

History Memory Murphy’s Laws

That’s history; I say history because it happened in the past.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
History Misspokements Time

History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.

(1876 – 1967) German statesman
History Time

I grew up in Europe… where the history comes from.

(1962 – ) English stand-up comedian & actor
History Places Time

History would be an excellent thing, if only it were true.

(1828 – 1910) Russian writer
History Intelligence Time

It’s a very good historical book about history.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician
Books Communication History Misspokements

We haven't seen that kind of violence in the name of religion in this country since we got here!'

American stand-up comedian
America History Religion Time

Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what man does with what happens to him.

(1894 – 1963) English writer
History Intelligence

What is history but a set of lies agreed upon.

(1769 – 1821) French general & politician
History Time