Top 1200 Repeating History Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

I am interested in constitutional history, political history, the history of foreign affairs, but I think you can get at those subjects through the details of daily life.

I'm trying to be very aware of not repeating myself.

Universal history, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here.

'London' is a gallery of sensation of impressions. It is a history of London in a thematic rather than a chronological sense with chapters of the history of smells, the history of silence, and the history of light. I have described the book as a labyrinth, and in that sense in complements my description of London itself.

What is a vow... but the mouth repeating what the heart has already promised?

Where's the glory in repeating what others have done?

Environmental history fit[s] into the framework of New Left history. [It is] history "from the bottom up," except that here the exploited element [is] the biota and the land itself.

The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and of error.

Americans treat history like a cookbook. Whenever they are uncertain what to do next, they turn to history and look up the proper recipe, invariably designated "the lesson of history.

The settler makes history and is conscious of making it. And because he constantly refers to the history of his mother country, he clearly indicates that he himself is the extension of that mother country. Thus the history which he writes is not the history of the country which he plunders but the history of his own nation in regard to all that she skims off, all that she violates and starves.

My biggest fear is mindlessly and stupidly repeating myself.

I was always pretty interested in my history. Not just the history of the Caribbean, the history of my people, but all walks of life.

If you're on to something but you start repeating it, that's the end of your career.

Insanity is repeating the same actions and expecting different results.

I've always loved history and history is collage, it is a juxtaposition of the good and the bad and the strange, and how you place those sentences together changes the whole mood of a history.

I know I have a good swing. It's a matter of repeating it.

Do something. Get results. Decide if it's worth repeating.

I've lived history. I've made history, and I know I'll have my place in history. That's not egoism.

It's always good to do something that is not a repeat. I just don't believe in repeating.

All of history misses out on the history of the soul. Human passions are so often not included in history.

We were happy a hundred years ago. We knew that there were exploiters and exploited, wealthy and poor, and we had a perfect idea of how to get rid of injustice; we would expropriate the owners and turn the wealth over to the common good. We expropriated the owners and we created one of the most monstrous and oppressive social systems in world history. And we keep repeating that in principle everything was all right, only some unfortunate accidents slipped in and slightly spoiled the good idea. Now let us start afresh.

Avoid context and specifics; generalize and keep repeating the generalization.

History is a commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men. What is history? History is women following behind with the bucket.

I'm not happy with just repeating myself.

One of the things I know from the study of history is that history surprises you. History is not written. It's not inevitable.The victory of evil is not certain.

One must keep repeating the Truth.

Black History is enjoying the life of our ancestors who paved the way for every African-American. No matter what color you are, the history of Blacks affected everyone; that's why we should cherish and respect Black history. Black history changed America and is continuing to change and shape our country. Black history is about everyone coming together to better themselves and America. Black history is being comfortable in your own skin no matter what color you are. Black history makes me proud of where I came from and where I am going in life.

Not unlike our country's history, my personal history was founded upon an unfortunate history of racial conflict between black and white.

When we approach history, we are dealing with a conglomeration of irrational continua. Those who deal with history by nonrational processes are the ones who make history, the actors in it.

By oft repeating an untruth, men come to believe it themselves.

Repeating is harder than anything else.

History has never seen Emmitt Smith. I don't care what has come before me. That's why they call it history you create new history.

I never tire of repeating that I feel at home at Schalke.

I feel history is more of a story than a lesson. I know this idea of presentism: this idea of constantly evoking the past to justify the present moment. A lot of people will tell you, "history is how we got here." And learning from the lessons of history. But that's imperfect. If you learn from history you can do things for all the wrong reasons.

Most of us, I think, are conscious of history swirling around outside the door, but when we're in the house, we're usually not dealing with history. We're not thinking about history.

I am really not interested or excited by repeating former successes.

As people of color, we're left out of history. History is sort of told around us. We're bystanders, we're passive, we're observers. We're never the center of our history.

Making mistakes is human ... repeating 'em is too.

If man is reduced to being nothing but a character in history, he has no other choice but to subside into the sound and fury of acompletely irrational history or to endow history with the form of human reason.

Regretting the past does not prevent me from repeating it.

I found I was repeating myself. It is the beginning of the end when you discover you have style.

He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.

Writing is the art of repeating oneself without anyone noticing.

Winning is hard. Repeating is harder.

When I feel I'm repeating myself, I'll probably pack it in.

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

London' is a gallery of sensation of impressions. It is a history of London in a thematic rather than a chronological sense with chapters of the history of smells, the history of silence, and the history of light. I have described the book as a labyrinth, and in that sense in complements my description of London itself.

Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

If you study the history of mankind, it seems to be a history of violence. Certainly the history of art, whether you look at paintings or movies or plays or whatever, is just a litany of murder and death.

History, when they do it, is ancient history, and they sensationalize even that. Contemporary history is virtually ignored on television.

Last night I neglected to mention something that bears repeating.

Repeating a new behavior is what makes change stick.

If you really want to be part of something and you have that much passion towards it, you'll know enough to research it and find the history of it; and history is so important, history is everything.

There is no history of mankind, there are only many histories of all kinds of aspects of human life. And one of these is the history of political power. This is elevated into the history of the world.

I had a fall out with Satan. Repeating satanic verses.

Praying doesn't mean repeating a prayer.

There is only one history of any importance, and it is the history of what you once believed in, and the history of what you came to believe in.

Repeating, trying to repeat success - it never gets easier.

I just don't feel good if I'm repeating myself.

The history of jazz lets us know that this period in our history is not the only period we've come through together. If we truly understood the history of our national arts, we'd know that we have mutual aspirations, a shared history, in good times and bad.