I Quotes
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“If history is deprived of the Truth, we are left with nothing but an idle, unprofitable tale.”
Source: The Rise of the Roman Empire
“If history is like the falling tree in the forest? If nobody remembers, did it still happen?”
Source: Last Gunship USS Mullinnix DD-944 1972: A 1972 Vietnam War Destroyer Gunline Memoir of a Fire Control Technician
“If history is really relevant in today's world, the proposition doesn't command much respect. Perhaps the past is a different country, but if so no one much wants to travel there.”
Source: Improper behavior
“If history is to be creative, to anticipate a possible future without denying the past, it should, I believe, emphasize new possibilities by disclosing those hidden episodes of the past when, even if in brief flashes, people showed their ability to resist, to join together, occasionally to win. I am supposing, or perhaps only hoping, that our future may be found in the past's fugitive movements of compassion rather than in its solid centuries of warfare.”
“If history is written by the victorious, what if the victors lied?”
“If history moves forward, knowledge of it travels backwards, so that in writing of our own recent past we are continually meeting ourselves coming the other way.”
Source: Literary Theory: An Introduction
“If history offers no obvious solutions, however, it does at least provide the comfort of knowing that failure is nothing new.”
“If history records good things about good people, the thoughtful hearer is encouraged to imitate what is good; or if it records the evil of wicked people, the godly listener or reader is encouraged to avoid all that is sinful and bad, and to do what he knows to be good and pleasing to God.”
“If history remembers me at all, in any way, I hope it will be as a man who loved the Land of Israel and watched over it in every way he could, all his life.”
“If history repeats itself, I am so getting a dinosaur!”
“If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.”
Source: George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion
“If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again.”
“If history reveals any categorical truth, it is that an insufficient taste for evidence regularly brings out the worst in us. Add weapons of mass destruction to this diabolical clockwork, and you have . . . a recipe for the fall of civilization.”
Source: The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
“If history shows anything, it is that there's no better way to justify relations founded on violence, to make such relations seem moral, than by reframing them in the language of debt—above all, because it immediately makes it seem that it's the victim who's doing something wrong.”
Source: Debt - Updated and Expanded: The First 5,000 Years
“If history starts as a guest list, it has a tendency to end like the memory of a drunken party: misheard, blurred, fragmentary.”
Source: Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby
“If History teaches any lesson at all, it is that there are no historical lessons.”
“If history teaches anything, it teaches humility.”
“If history teaches anything, it teaches self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly.”
“If history teaches anything, it teaches that self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly.”
Source: A Time for Choosing: The Speeches of Ronald Reagan, 1961-1982
“If history teaches us any lessons at all, it teaches us that force applied to religion creates not a purity of faith but a river of blood.”
“If history teaches us anything, it teaches that simple-minded appeasement or wishful thinking about our adversaries is folly.”
Source: The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan
“If history teaches us one thing, than that history teaches us nothing.”
“If history tells us anything, it is that human culture and knowledge are constantly evolving.”
Source: Celestine Insights - Limited Edition of Celestine Prophecy and Tenth Insight
“If history were a photograph of the past it would be flat and uninspiring. Happily, it is a painting; and, like all works of art, it fails of the highest truth unless imagination and ideas are mixed with the paints.”
Source: Allan Nevins on history
“If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.”
“If history's any judge, you might have democratic leanings in a revolution but that doesn't necessarily mean that the revolution is going to end up with democratic results.”
“If history, philosophy and so on vanish from academic life, what they leave in their wake may be a technical training facility or corporate research institute. But it will not be a university in the classical sense of the term, and it would be deceptive to call it one.”
“If Hitch were a person, he'd be Mother Theresa or Gandhi or someone who treated all living creatures with the respect they deserve. It's depressing how my dog is a better human being than I am.”
Source: The Thing with Feathers
“If Hitler hadn't turned against their beloved Stalin, liberals would have stuck by him, too.”
Source: Godless: The Church of Liberalism
“If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.”
“If Hitler invaded Hell, I'd find something nice to say about the Devil himself.”
“If Hitler was alive today he'd be a Republican.”
Source: American Fascism: A German Writer's Urgent Warning To America
“If Hitler were alive the best punishment would be to put him out-of-town with a new musical.”
“If Hitler’s still alive, I hope he’s out of town with a musical.”
Source: Laughing Matters: On Writing M-A-S-H, Tootsie, Oh, God!, and a Few Other Funny Things
“If hitting an unexpected speed bump with your car equates to the best sex you've had lately, you know your hormones are sending you a signal.”
Source: Everything You Need To Know About The Menopause: A Comprehensive Guide To Surviving - And Thriving! - During This Turbulent Life Sage
“If Hollywood and Bollywood were how we all lived our lives, that would surprise me. And yet it's often the way our cultures are conveyed, isn't it?”
“If Hollywood didn't work out, I was prepared to be the best secretary in the world.”
“If Hollywood hadn't existed, Elinor Glyn would have had to invent it.”
“If Hollywood is the global producer for [media] products all around the world, that's of concern. If all audiences around the world know of America is what they see from Hollywood, then we're in trouble.”
“If Hollywood stars speak out, so do all sorts of other people. Now Hollywood stars can get a better hearing.”
“If Hollywood was a Republican town, Weinstein would still be president, and he'd still be molesting women.”
Source: Inside The Mind of an Introvert: Comics, Deep Thoughts and Quotable Quotes
“If Holocaust happened, then those who bear the responsibility for it have to be punished, and not the Palestinians. Why isn't research into a deed that occurred 60 years ago permitted? After all, other historical occurrences, some of which lie several thousand years in the past, are open to research, and even the governments support this.”
“If home cooks shopped in their own vegetable bin before going to the market, they would save money and help the environment, too, and all because they decided to rescue a vegetable before it turned bad.”
“If home is to have a greater lure than a tavern the wife must be at least as cheerful as the waitress.”
“If Home is where the heart is then may your Home be blessed . . .”
“If home isn't a place, what is it?'
'A feeling.”
Source: Fuse
“If homes are going to survive, it will be because husbands and fathers again place their families at the highest level on their system of priorities.”
Source: Straight Talk to Men: Timeless Principles for Leading Your Family
“If homosexuality being inborn is what makes it acceptable, why does racism being inborn not make racism acceptable? … We are born that way. We don’t choose it. So shouldn’t it be acceptable, excuse - this is according to the way the left thinks about things.”
“If homosexuality is not caused by genetic factors...then that means it can be acquired... And if it can be acquired, shouldn't we be doing everything in our power to protect people from acquiring it? Shouldn't we lean to the side of protecting the children instead of affirming a scientific hypothesis that has no actual truthful foundation?”
“If homosexuality were normal, God would have created Adam and Bruce.”