Subject: Time » History

Worrying about the future is a thing of the past.

(1927 – 1997) Am. comedian & satirist notable for mock presidential campaign
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History would be an excellent thing, if only it were true.

(1828 – 1910) Russian writer
History Intelligence Time

It’s a very good historical book about history.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician
Books Communication History Misspokements

History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.

(1876 – 1967) German statesman
History Time

I went to a restaurant that serves “breakfast at any time,” so I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer
Eating Food/Drink History Time

That’s history; I say history because it happened in the past.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
History Misspokements Time

After you've heard two eyewitness accounts of an automobile accident, you begin to worry about history.

(1953 – ) comedian & actor
Accidents Autos History

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

History Murphy’s Laws People Wisdom

I couldn’t care less about all those fiction stories about what happened in the year 1500 or 1600. Half of them aren’t even true.

professional golfer
History Misspokements Time

After you've heard two eyewitness accounts of an automobile accident, you begin to worry about history.

(1953 – ) comedian & actor
Accidents Autos History Time Truth

History: The version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

Definitions History Time

What is history but a set of lies agreed upon.

(1769 – 1821) French general & politician
History Time

Anyone who believes you can't change history has never tried to write his memoirs.

(1886 – 1973) Israeli prime minister
Books Communication History Reading/Writing

American History Is A Thing of the Past

Headlines History

History repeats itself. That's one of the things wrong with history.

History Murphy’s Laws Time

History repeats itself; historians repeat one another.

(1887 – 1915) English poet
History Occupations Time

Historical fancy is more persistent than historical fact.

History Murphy’s Laws

My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for 40 years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask for directions.

(1952 – ) comedian
History Men People Time

History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.

(1889 – 1944) English historian
History Occupations Time

History: An account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Definitions History Time

Historian: An editor of yesterday’s news.

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