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We are at a major epoch in human history, which is that we don't need sex to recreate the race. You can have babies without sex. This is the first time in human history that has been true, and it...

Quotes by David Cronenberg

After the Berlin Wall came down I visited that city and I will never forget it. The abandoned checkpoints. The sense of excitement about the future. The knowledge that a great continent was coming together. Healing those wounds of our...

Quotes by David Cameron

From Caesar's legions to the Napoleonic wars. From the Reformation, the Enlightenment and the industrial revolution to the defeat of nazism. We have helped to write European history, and Europe has helped write ours.

Quotes by David Cameron

The biggest danger to the European Union comes not from those who advocate change, but from those who denounce new thinking as heresy. In its long history Europe has experience of heretics who turned out to have a point.

Quotes by David Cameron

I'm a great aficionado of history. I was deeply affected by seeing the disintegration of any chance of democracy coping with fascism in the Weimar republic, where woolly-minded, well-meaning liberalism actually allowed the forces of darkness to use democracy, to...

Quotes by David Blunkett

If you don't create a sense of order and stability, if people do not feel secure, then progressive politics is dead. That is a fact of history. The right has always emerged supreme when destabilisation and insecurity prevail.

Quotes by David Blunkett

The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal.

Quotes by David Brin

I consider Yoda to be just about the most evil character that I've ever seen in the history of literature.

Quotes by David Brin

Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.

Quotes by David Brinkley

For the first time in history, we declared war without financing it. Americans have not been asked to pay for it through taxes.

Quotes by David Broder

I like animals. I like natural history. The travel bit is not the important bit. The travel bit is what you have to do in order to go and look at animals.

Quotes by David Attenborough

In the old days... it was a basic, cardinal fact that producers didn't have opinions. When I was producing natural history programmes, I didn't use them as vehicles for my own opinion. They were factual programmes.

Quotes by David Attenborough

You can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the value of the environment. That's what natural history programmes should be for.

Quotes by David Attenborough

Cameramen are among the most extraordinarily able and competent people I know. They have to have an insight into natural history that gives them a sixth sense of what the creature is going to do, so they can be ready...

Quotes by David Attenborough

The process of making natural history films is to try to prevent the animal knowing you are there, so you get glimpses of a non-human world, and that is a transporting thing.

Quotes by David Attenborough

Natural history is not about producing fables.

Quotes by David Attenborough

It's extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. The things that people always go on about is, 'tell us about us', 'tell us about the first human being'. We are so self-obsessed with our own history. There is so much more...

Quotes by David Attenborough

Anyone who believes you can't change history has never tried to write his memoirs.

Quotes by David Ben-Gurion

We have a long history of our reputation speaking for itself.

Quotes by Dave Portnoy

Feminists are in an untenable position, defending something they no longer believe in, and which history will force them to recognize was destructive of most of the central pillars of civilization. I'm just the first one to point it out...

Quotes by Dave Sim

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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