I can't change history, I don't want to change history. I can only change the future. I'm working on that. Use this quote
I think my parents were happy that I'd gone to university and gotten a degree in history so they thought, 'Well if acting doesn't work for him, he can always become a history teacher or something.' Fortunately, the acting worked out. Use this quote
You can't walk alone. Many have given the illusion, but none have really walked alone. Man is not made that way. Each man is bedded in his people, their history, their culture, and their values. Use this quote
Just touching that old tree was truly moving to me because when you touch these trees, you have such a sense of the passage of time, of history. It's like you're touching the essence, the very substance of life. Use this quote
I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral. Use this quote
I'm inspired by history, different periods. Use this quote
In terms of writing about horses, I fell backwards into that. I was intent on getting a Ph.D., becoming a professor, and writing on history but I got sick 14 years ago when I was 19. Getting sick derailed that plan completely. Use this quote
Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis. Use this quote
Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him. Use this quote
I want to go down in history. Use this quote
Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world. Use this quote
Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning points in our history, the sine qua non of our forward progress. Use this quote
I've become sort of an accidental advocate for attachment parenting, which is a style of parenting that... basically, the way mammals parent and the way people have parented for pretty much all of human history except the last 200 years or so. Use this quote
I am totally fascinated by people and our history as I understand and continue to explore it. People have so much to give and so far to go and yet we have given and gone a great distance. It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me. Use this quote
I normally ignore the History Channel. Use this quote
You had to be aware that I saw that photography was a mere episode in the history of the optical projection and when the chemicals ended, meaning the picture was fixed by chemicals, we were in a new era. Use this quote
Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is always in jeopardy. Use this quote
The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion. Use this quote
I don't have space to enter into the examples or the history of this, so I'm left with having to make the bold statement that culture is extinct. Use this quote
According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979. Use this quote
