Subject: Time » History (Page 2)

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

(1953 – ) comedian & actor
Accidents Autos History

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

Those who abhor history are compelled to rewrite it.

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author
Communication History Reading/Writing Time

Nostalgia: How long’s that been around?

(1965 – ) English comedian, musician, actor & author
Definitions History Time

History is more or less bunk.

(1863 – 1947) automobile industrialist
History Time

In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.

(1918 – 2009) radio broadcaster
History Time

If history is going to repeat itself I should think we can expect the same thing again.

English football player & manager
History Misspokements

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

(1876 – 1967) German statesman
History Time

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
History Misspokements Time

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

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

Communication History Murphy’s Laws Speech

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

(1915 – 2002) Israeli diplomat & politician
Government History People Time

I went to a restaurant that serves “breakfast at any time,” so I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer
Eating Food/Drink History Time

History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
History Time

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

Most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally evil, but by people being fundamentally people.

(1948 – ) English novelist
Characteristics History Time

History does not repeat itself; historians simply repeat each other.

History Murphy’s Laws Time

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

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

Anyone who believes you can't change history has never tried to write his memoirs.

(1886 – 1973) Israeli prime minister
Books Communication History Reading/Writing

You always think another time would have been ideal for you; the reality is there was no novocaine when you went to the dentist.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian
History Past Time

He took us forty years into the desert in order to bring us to the one place in the Middle East that has no oil!

(1898 – 1978) Israeli prime minister
History People Situations