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Saturday, June 1st, 2024
the Week of Proper 3 / Ordinary 8
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Sermon Quotations Archive

Quotations regarding 'History'

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I have no restrictions, no limits, no musical history to live with.
Bill Wyman, British Musician (1936-  )
Government has never increased the standard of living of one single human being in civilization's history. For some reason that simple truth has evaded everybody.
Steve Wynn, American Businessman (1942-  )
In the history of literature there are many great enduring works which were not published in the lifetimes of the authors. If the authors had not achieved self-affirmation while writing, how could they have continued to write?
Gao Xingjian, Chinese Novelist (1940-  )
History has proven that the PLO and its sectors suffered great damage when walking the way of harming Zionist interests in other countries around the world.
Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian Activist
You that would judge me, do not judge alone this book or that, come to this hallowed place where my friends' portraits hang and look thereon; Ireland's history in their lineaments trace; think where man's glory most begins and ends and say my glory was I had such friends.
William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet (1865-1939)
There were no strategic mistakes that could affect Russia's history and it further development. No, there were no such mistakes. Tactical errors were made in some less significant options, problems and so on. But, on the whole, Russia embarked on a correct path and it changed.
Boris Yeltsin, Russian Statesman (1931-2007)
Cycles of shortage and surplus characterize the entire history of oil.
Daniel Yergin, American Author (1947-  )
A political theory seeks to find from history the limits of the politically possible.
Francis Parker Yockey, American Writer (1917-1960)
When the venture has been made of dealing with historical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded on history.
Charlotte Mary Yonge, English Novelist (1823-1901)
If we got into a situation where people start burning our records, then bring it on. That's the whole point. The gloaming has begun. We're in the darkness. This has happened before. Go read some history.
Thom Yorke, English Musician (1968-  )
Japan has opened a new chapter in its history.
Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese Politician (1878-1967)
History will tell where I stand in the ranks of Bond villains, I have no control over that.
Rick Yune, American Actor (1971-  )
I was worried about being the nut that ruined 40 years of Bond history.
Rick Yune, American Actor (1971-  )
The conviction of our Ukrainian nation is embedded in the pages of its history.
Viktor Yushchenko, Ukrainian Statesman (1954-  )
Very few cities in the NHL have the history or the following of the Detroit Red Wings.
Steve Yzerman, Canadian Athlete (1965-  )
The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.
Mao Zedong, Chinese Leader (1893-1976)
Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years.
Mao Zedong, Chinese Leader (1893-1976)
All of this got me thinking about the history of the westward expansion, and got me to wondering how the exploration of the Solar System would be changed if there were an indigenous presence out there.
Sarah Zettel, American Author (1966-  )
What happens when good people are put into an evil place? Do they triumph or does the situation dominate their past history and morality?
Philip Zimbardo, American Psychologist (1933-  )
The trial of Ernst Zundel has gone down in Canadian history.
Ernst Zundel, German Activist (1939-  )
 
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