Quotes by History The trouble with American History is that you don't remember it, and why should you? Nobody does. Barbara Holland doe remember history It's really hard for me to use the term 'history' in the singular, because it suggests a reductivist view of how moments and events congeal and reflect the passage of time. I'd rather stick to the pluralness of 'histories' in order to suggest the simultaneity, the parallel forces at work, which produce lived experience. Barbara Kruger views order history Conventional history completely ignores half the human race. Barbara Mertz half race history In individuals as in nations, contentment is silent, which tends to unbalance the historical record. Barbara Tuchman historical peace history To rush in upon an event before its significance has had time to separate from the surrounding circumstances may be enterprising, but is it useful? ... The recent prevalence of these hot histories on publishers' lists raises the question: Should - or perhaps can - history be written while it is still smoking? Barbara Tuchman events smoking history Completeness is rare in history. Barbara Tuchman completeness history The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion. Barbara Tuchman sea war history The poets have familiarized more people with history than have the historians. Barbara Tuchman poetry history people The Germans could not get over the perfidy of it. It was unbelievable that the English, having degenerated to the stage where suffragettes heckled the Prime Minister and defied the police, were going to fight. Barbara Tuchman police fighting history The unrecorded past is none other than our old friend, the tree in the primeval forest which fell without being heard Barbara Tuchman tree history past I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me. Barbra Streisand hollywood names history I should like to abolish funerals; the time to mourn a person is at his birth, not his death. Baron de Montesquieu philosophy history art Happy the people whose annals are tiresome. Baron de Montesquieu vacant history people Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages. Barry Goldwater marriage wife history What is not recorded is not remembered. Benazir Bhutto remembered history We shall not understand the history of men and other times unless we ourselves are alive to the requirements which that history satisfied. Benedetto Croce alive men history The writing of histories - as Goethe once noted - is one way of getting rid of the weight of the past.... The writing of history liberates us from history. Benedetto Croce writing history past Tomorrow, the Tripartite Pact will become an instrument of just peace between the peoples. Italians! Once more arise and be worthy of this historical hour! We shall win. Benito Mussolini historical winning history I was always a friend of southern rights, but an enemy of southern wrongs. Benjamin Butler rights war history Truth travels slowly, but it will reach even you in time. Benjamin Disraeli learning truth history «345678910111213»
