History quotes

“I especially like doing historical work, playing someone who has actually lived, because then I get to do the research.”
Robert John Burke

“- Asian journalist: Mr. President, what place do you think you will have in history?
- George W. Bush: History? In history we'll all be dead!”
Josh Brolin - George W. Bush

“You, my friends, are following in the very footsteps of history, something beyond the power of words to describe.”
Jason Clarke - Rob Hall

“- Denton Van Zan: Coffeyville. It's etched in American history because the outlaw Dalton boys were killed there. Ordinary townsfolk rose up and took 'em down.
- Quinn Abercromby: Maybe you're the Dalton boys.
- Denton Van Zan: No, no... We're the townsfolk.”

Matthew McConaughey - Denton Van Zan
Christian Bale - Quinn Abercromby

“- Witch Queen: So many of us pretend to be something that we're not. But you, you've lived. A man who's walked through history. To have known Napoleon, Stalin, Hitler...
- Kaulder: No need to be nostalgic. We have enough evil now.”
Julie Engelbrecht - The Witch Queen
Vin Diesel - Kaulder

“Do you think we choose the times into which we are born? Or do we fit the times we are born into?”
Daniel Day-Lewis - Abraham Lincoln

“1957 was a big year. The Russians put that Sputnik into outer space, the Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field to say goodbye to Brooklyn, that guy shot Frank Costello in the head, and missed, and the Gallo brothers whacked Albert Anastasia in the barber shop of the Sheraton View hotel. It was total chaos.”
Robert De Niro - Paul Vitti

“Looking back, immediately in front of us is dead ground. We don't see it, and because we don't see it this means that there is no period so remote as the recent past.”
Stephen Campbell Moore - Tom Irwing

“- John: This could be the most significant conflict between America and Germany in history!
- Gail: ...Crack a book, John.”

John Michael Higgins - John
Elizabeth Banks - Gail

“- Jeremy Collier: The Indians saved the Pilgrims from starvin' to death, so the Pilgrims invited the Indians to share their first harvest feast.
- Maurine Collier: Well, I'm sure the Indians were all Christians by then.
- Jeremy Collier: Oh no, they weren't.”

Emilio Estevez - Jeremy Collier
Kathy Bates - Maurine Collier

“I love the idea of history and the idea that we may have the opportunity to learn from our past mistakes.”
Cary Elwes

“Hitler probably thought he was a wonderful guy doing some wonderful and righteous work for Germany.”
Martin Landau

“- J.P. Prewitt: The truth is male models have been assassinating world leaders for over 200 years. Abe Lincoln wanted to abolish slavery, right? Well, who do you think made the silk stockings and powdered wigs worn by our early leaders?
- Derek Zoolander: Mugatu!
- J.P. Prewitt: Slaves, Derek. So they hired John Wilkes Booth to do Mr. Lincoln...” (continue)(continue reading)
David Duchovny - J.P. Prewitt
Ben Stiller - Derek Zoolander
Christine Taylor - Matilda Jeffries

“Can you, for a moment, imagine how depressing it is to teach five centuries of masculine ineptitude?”
Frances de la Tour - Mrs. Lintott

“Fighter pukes make movies. Bomber pilots make... history!”
Brad Johnson - Lt. Jake 'Cool Hand' Grafton

“- William Hundert: Follow the path, Mr. Masoudi. Walk where the great men before you have walked.
- Louis Masoudi: Yes, sir. It’s… it's better for the grass.
- William Hundert: It's better for you.”
Kevin Kline - William Hundert
Jesse Eisenberg - Louis Masoudi

“You're American. You think you can escape history. You live for the present.”

Paolo Bonacelli - Father Benedetto

“How can you teach History and have such a short memory?”

Lise Hilboldt - Gretchen Carlsen

“You're lucky to be here this afternoon. You'll see history made. From now on the history of the bull ring will be figured as B.G. and A. G. - Before Gallardo and After Gallardo!”

Laird Cregar - Natalio Curro

“For twelve long years, you have hunted my disciples like dogs. Now my day of vengeance is at hand. I've synthesized your time drug, and in a moment, shall retreat down the dark corridors of history. Know that it is I who am solely responsible for your demise. One by one, your ancestors shall be murdered, and you, their progeny, shall cease to...” (continue)(continue reading)
Michael Stefani - Whistler

“Nobody hates history. They hate their own histories.”
Tom Hanks - Robert Langdon

“Who the hell is Julius Caesar? You know I don't follow the NBA!”

Will Ferrell - Ron Burgundy

“Everything is different, but the same... things are more moderner than before... bigger, and yet smaller... it's computers... San Dimas High School football rules.”
William Robbins - Ox Robbins

“You want to know how California got it's name? It's not named after some explorer, or king. Nope. Someone made the name up - a writer. He just pulled it out of his imagination in the 16th century, in Spain. He made up this place where there was unlimited gold, and pearls, and beautiful fierce women who wore gold armor, and rode wild beasts. And...” (continue)(continue reading)
Evan Rachel Wood - Miranda

“- Gareth Chang: What are we going to do now?
- Steve Jobs: We're gonna put a dent in the universe.”
Clint Jung - Gareth Chang
Ashton Kutcher - Steve Jobs