History Quotes

You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lines. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I'll rise.

In the first weeks after Hiroshima, extravagant statements by President Truman and other official spokesmen for the U.S. government transformed the inception of the atomic age into the most mythologized event in American history.

If you go to Udaipur, even the locals from the lower middle class have a certain air about them. They are very proud of their heritage and history.

My only advice is, follow your dream and do whatever you like to do the most. I chose journalism because I wanted to be in the places where history was being made.

I felt that the IRA, in the context of Irish history, and Sinn Fein were a legitimate force that had to be recognized, and you wouldn't have peace without them.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

I must admit, maybe I am a piece of history after all.

The Fort Lauderdale Strikers is a team with history, tradition.

History is littered with wars which everybody knew would never happen.

Whether were eating tacos at a roadside stand outside of Houston, or having barbecue somewhere down south, or beautiful fried eggs in New York City, theyre regional specialties that remind us of the history of this country, and the bounty it has to offer.

History will dictate what my legacy is. And 'maverick' is fine, because I am.

And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.

There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made.

The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself.

Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years.

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.

Homework's hard. Especially math. My kids joke with me. They tell me they have homework. I say, 'Okay.' And then I sit down and they say, 'It's math.' 'No! Not math! English, history, anything!'

A free and democratic society is not the norm. When you look to the history books, world history was not based on great democratic societies but on imperialism, absolute rule, kings, queens, monarchs, dictators.

My major allegiance has been to storytelling, not to history.

'Hamilton' is one of the best things I've ever seen on a stage, and for a guy who loves American history, hip-hop and theater, it was pure bliss.