History Quotes

Those who lived through the great moments reflect on what happened and why it still matters.

18227 quotes

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"The past never really leaves you."
Verbal Kint
T
"Never forget where you came from, but never let it define where you're going."
Trinity
K
"The past is a ghost that haunts only those who acknowledge it."
Keyser Söze
K
"History is written by those who survive to tell it."
Keyser Söze
K
"History teaches that men never learn from history."
Keyser Söze
C
"History teaches us what not to repeat."
Clarice Starling
V
"The past never truly leaves us."
Verbal Kint
V
"The past is written in permanent ink."
Verbal Kint
H
"The past is a parasite. We must feed it or it consumes us."
Hannibal Lecter
C
"History teaches us lessons we must not forget."
Clarice Starling
K
"History is written by those willing to take action."
Keyser Söze
T
"He doesn't exist in any birth records from the last twenty years."
Trinity
T
"The past is a ghost, Neo. We cannot change it."
Trinity
M
"There are older civilizations that predate the Matrix. The One has always come to us at a time of great need."
Morpheus
V
"The past always catches up."
Verbal Kint
V
"The past is prologue."
Verbal Kint
V
"History judges us harshly."
Verbal Kint
H
"People don't forget. They just remember differently."
Hannibal Lecter
H
"The past shapes the present."
Hannibal Lecter
C
"History teaches us that evil is real, and so is courage."
Clarice Starling
K
"History is written by the victor. I prefer to be the victor."
Keyser Söze
K
"Those who ignore history are doomed to become my victims."
Keyser Söze
T
"In Sicily, we have a saying about revenge."
Tom Hagen
T
"The past has a way of haunting the present."
Tom Hagen
T
"History teaches us the consequences of our actions."
Tom Hagen
H
"History is written by those who understand human nature."
Hannibal Lecter
C
"History teaches us how to recognize patterns of evil."
Clarice Starling
C
"History is a mirror if we look carefully."
Clarice Starling
T
"The streets taught me everything."
Tony Montana
S
"You gotta respect the old traditions."
Sonny Corleone