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Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you more than one life. It expands experience and opens new opportunities to readers.

Quotes by Carlos Fuentes

Barcelona is a very old city in which you can feel the weight of history; it is haunted by history. You cannot walk around it without perceiving it.

Quotes by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

The haunting of history is ever present in Barcelona. I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me, Madrid is a man and Barcelona is a woman. And it's a woman who's extremely vain.

Quotes by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I am a curious creature and put my finger in as many cakes as I can: history, film, technology, etc. I'm also a freak for urban history, particularly Barcelona, Paris and New York. I know more weird stuff about 19th-century...

Quotes by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

If our history can challenge the next wave of musicians to keep moving and changing, to keep spiritually hungry and horny, that's what it's all about.

Quotes by Carlos Santana

In high school, I loved history. I also loved cosmography, algebra. Mexico is so rich in culture and history, and I have always enjoyed that.

Quotes by Carlos Slim

In order to make history, you have to win the World Cup. It's not good enough just to reach a final.

Quotes by Carlos Tevez

The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.

Quotes by Carl T. Rowan

Radical thought has inspired many of the great political and social reform movements in American history, from ending slavery to establishing the minimum wage.

Quotes by Carl Bernstein

Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in our very blood?

Quotes by Carl Jung

Man is not a machine that can be remodelled for quite other purposes as occasion demands, in the hope that it will go on functioning as regularly as before but in a quite different way. He carries his whole history...

Quotes by Carl Jung

There are great legends and great fighters in the history of Mexico, and there will be more to come.

Quotes by Canelo Alvarez

I'm honored and blessed by God to be in the sport I love, and I want to accomplish all the goals I set in the sport of boxing - to be successful and make history.

Quotes by Canelo Alvarez

I just want to create my own history.

Quotes by Canelo Alvarez

I'm focused on being the best, making history.

Quotes by Canelo Alvarez

As an actress, you have to give your character a life, a history, and make it full and rich for yourself.

Quotes by Cara Buono

I taught English and history, so my education for that really helped prepare me for writing historical fiction.

Quotes by Candace Camp

As someone who has long loved history and reads a lot of history, especially when you get a distance like 130 years, these people can seem almost mythical, and you need something tangible to make them real.

Quotes by Candice Millard

In the history of the world, all five mass extinctions have been accompanied by massive climate change, so we are facing an incredibly serious threat. In fact, we are technically in the sixth mass extinction right now, and it is...

Quotes by Cameron Russell

I'm sure in the history of Harvard, and the history of most schools, there's been some pretty crazy parties that I'm not even sure you could even capture on film how silly and ridiculous they were.

Quotes by Cameron Winklevoss

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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