I was bused to a school in Gerritsen Beach in Brooklyn in 1972. I was one of the first black kids in the history of the school. Use this quote
You don't hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school. Use this quote
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. Use this quote
To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks. Use this quote
There is at least one point in the history of any company when you have to change dramatically to rise to the next level of performance. Miss that moment - and you start to decline. Use this quote
Then I realized my early work did have something special that audiences adored apart from what I humbly thought about them. They occupy a distinguished niche in Italian film history and probably always will. Use this quote
Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. I was over 50, Caucasian, thin, small-framed, and I have it in my genetic history. It was almost a slam-dunk. Use this quote
I think journalists have the right to their opinions but I think their opinions should be based on history and what they see, not what they feel, how long they've been waiting or whether it's raining or it's snowing or whatever. Use this quote
Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes. Use this quote
We have wasted History like a bunch of drunks shooting dice back in the men's crapper of the local bar. Use this quote
Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you! Use this quote
The 1st Amendment protects the right to speak, not the right to spend. Use this quote
Surely every band wants to be a pivotal point in history. Use this quote
History is a set of lies agreed upon. Use this quote
I happened to happened to land in a time, in the middle '60s, that without knowing it, and without being told by the history of theater - which we now see from a historical point of view was an explosive time. Use this quote
Never doubt that you can change history. You already have. Use this quote
I think that if we don't get these politicians to come together we face the most predictable economic crisis in history. Use this quote
You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job. Use this quote
I think there was a revolution in poetry, associated chiefly with Eliot and Pound; but maybe it is of the nature of revolutions or of the nature of history that their innovations should later come to look trivial or indistinguishable from technical tricks. Use this quote
After all my years of playing soldiers, and then of reading History, I have almost a mania to be in the East, to see fighting, and to serve. Use this quote