History Quotes

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

18227 quotes

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"History is the story of humans choosing courage or comfort"
Carl Reiner
"History repeats itself because people never learn. That's comedy gold."
Don Rickles
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"History repeats itself when we forget the lessons of compassion."
Carol Burnett
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"History is a set of lies agreed upon."
Lily Tomlin
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"I grew up in Detroit. I stayed up all night watching the riots unfold."
Lily Tomlin
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"History repeats itself to those who refuse to learn from it."
Carl Reiner
"History repeats itself because people don't pay attention the first time."
Don Rickles
"History repeats itself because people refuse to learn from it."
Johnny Carson
"History repeats itself because nobody was listening the first time."
Mel Brooks
"History is full of lessons if we're willing to learn them."
Mel Brooks
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"History teaches us that change is always possible."
Carol Burnett
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"History proves that ordinary people can do extraordinary things."
Carol Burnett
"You cannot create anything meaningful without understanding the past."
Mel Brooks
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"History teaches us that change is the only constant in life."
Carol Burnett
"History teaches us that human nature rarely changes, only circumstances."
Johnny Carson
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"History repeats itself. First as tragedy, then as my marriage."
Rodney Dangerfield
"History repeats itself because people don't learn from it."
Don Rickles
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"During the McCarthy era, I was not blacklisted, I was simply a person who was not asked to work."
Mort Sahl
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"I've been reading about the rise and fall of empires. They all seem to begin when they're young and end when they get old."
Mort Sahl
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"History teaches us that change is the only constant."
Carol Burnett
"History will remember those who weren't afraid to be themselves."
Don Rickles
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"History is a mirror showing us who we've been and who we can become."
Gilda Radner
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"The future is just the past entering again by another gate."
Mort Sahl
"History shows us patterns; wisdom shows us how to avoid them."
Goldie Hawn
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"Every revolution begins with a joke and ends with a bureaucracy."
Mort Sahl
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"History repeats itself because we never learn the first time."
Mort Sahl
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"Every generation thinks they're right and their parents were wrong."
Mort Sahl
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"When you actually look at history, it's not one thing that wins. It's usually a combination of factors."
Lily Tomlin
"He who controls the past controls the future."
Fred Allen
"The best thing about the good old days is that we weren't here to see them"
George Burns