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In fact, the history of North America has been perhaps more profoundly influenced by man's inheritance from his past homes than by the physical features of his present home.

Quotes by Ellsworth Huntington

My heart goes out to victims and survivors of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy and to their families. This disaster will go down in history books as one of the largest natural disasters in U.S. history.

Quotes by Ellen Tauscher

Evolution, dismissed as a sloppy programmer, has seen fit to create us as a wild amalgam of everything that came before us: except for the realm of insects, the whole history of life on earth is inscribed within our bodies.

Quotes by Ellen Ullman

The web is just another stunning point in the two-hundred-thousand-year history of human beings on earth. The taming of fire; the discovery of penicillin; the publication of 'Jane Eyre' - add anything you like.

Quotes by Ellen Ullman

I think that focusing all experiences through the lens of the Internet is an example of not being able to see history through the eyes of others, to be so enamored of one's present time that one cannot see that...

Quotes by Ellen Ullman

Has Google appropriated the word 'search?' If so, I find it sad. Search is a deep human yearning, an ancient trope in the recorded history of human life.

Quotes by Ellen Ullman

Literature has always been a part of my life. I studied history and literature in college. My mother is a novelist; I grew up around books.

Quotes by Elliot Ackerman

There are these moments in the military where you're present at these enormous intersections of history and humanity. I came out of the end of that, and I just wanted to write. If you do it well, you know it...

Quotes by Elliot Ackerman

No matter how vital experience might be while you lived it, no sooner was it ended and dead than it became as lifeless as the piles of dry dust in a school history book.

Quotes by Ellen Glasgow

The emancipation of women is practically the greatest egoistic movement of the nineteenth century, and the most intense affirmation of the right of the self that history has yet seen.

Quotes by Ellen Key

I had this sense that I was part of, sort of a lineage of artists and writers through history that have had mood disorders.

Quotes by Ellen Forney

There's only one of you in the entire history of the world, and there will only ever be one of you.

Quotes by Elizabeth Smart

In a way, I'm very interested in writing about Maine, because I think Maine represents its own kind of history. It's the oldest state, and it's the whitest state.

Quotes by Elizabeth Strout

But if we keep doing politics the way we're doing politics, and we keep doing climate action the way we're doing climate action, we will not have a history that judges us because we, certainly as a civilization, won't be...

Quotes by Elizabeth May

I had a great drama teacher in high school, and that's when I started to learn about the history of theater.

Quotes by Elizabeth Olsen

Like their personal lives, women's history is fragmented, interrupted; a shadow history of human beings whose existence has been shaped by the efforts and the demands of others.

Quotes by Elizabeth Janeway

In the history of medicine, it is not always the great scientist or the learned doctor who goes forward to discover new fields, new avenues, new ideas.

Quotes by Elizabeth Kenny

I think it's important to recognise that 'The Da Vinci Code' opened up a vast new audience for a general readership interested in historical detective stories and research into history.

Quotes by Elizabeth Kostova

History provides a laboratory in which we see played out the actual, as well as the intended, consequences of ideas.

Quotes by Elizabeth Coleman

What makes autism different is the history of neglect into the disorder. It's remained such a mystery that science has been very slow to address it.

Quotes by Elizabeth Emken

Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of "History" quotes are on this page?
A varied set - early scientific curiosity encouraged by visits to a museum of natural history, a personal history steeped in church and religious family members, a reflection on black television history, and a contrast between comfortably critiquing from the sidelines and the people who actually make a difference.
Is there a quote about family and religious history?
Yes, one quote describes an extended family full of preachers, evangelists, and former priests, giving the speaker "quite a bit of history with Church, religion and spirituality." For more on lasting family ties, see the Love page.
Is there a quote about television history?
Yes, one quote uses 'The Cosby Show' as a personal benchmark when thinking about black television and history. For more reflections on culture and everyday life, see the Life page.
Is there a quote about scientific curiosity?
Yes, one quote recalls being interested in science from early on, with a father who would take the speaker to the museum of natural history, giving them a head start on scientific knowledge. Browse the Long page for more on things that shape us over time.
Is there a quote about making a difference versus criticizing from the sidelines?
Yes, one quote draws a contrast between the comfort of sitting on the sidelines and critiquing "the builders from afar," and the people who actually go out and make a difference. For more on ambition and legacy, check out the Great page.

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