I wanted to make sure that this be the first scientific and technology revolution in history in which the public thoroughly discussed all the potential benefits and all the potential harms, in advance of the technology coming online and running its course. Jeremy Rifkin on history
So the old Copenhagen interpretation needs to be generalized, needs to be replaced by something that can be used for the whole universe, and can be used also in cases where there is plenty of individuality and history. Murray Gell-Mann on history
History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose. John le Carre on history
India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old country. Anita Desai on history
For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study. Nicolaus Copernicus on history
You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to instruct the contemporary world as to the future. The present attempt does not yield to that high office. It will merely tell how it really was. Leopold Von Ranke on history
I'm not giving up my history and what I've done in my music because I love it and I'm very proud of it. I just want to open it up for more people. LL Cool J on history
Christians should be ready for a change because Jesus was the greatest changer in history. Ralph Abernathy on history
The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise. Erica Jong on history
History could pass for a scarlet text, its jot and title graven red in human blood. Eldridge Cleaver on history
He could have made it right with the book. But he hasn't. He is a revisionist of history. He has lied. Monica Lewinsky on history
When President Obama entered the White House, the economy was in a free-fall. The auto industry: on its back. The banks: frozen up. More than three million Americans had already lost their jobs. And America's bravest, our men and women in uniform, were fighting what would soon be the longest wars in our history. Rahm Emanuel on history
History is the only true teacher, the revolution the best school for the proletariat. Rosa Luxemburg on history
The audiences are there as a result of my history with the band but also as a result of my being able to reach people with a tune. Bruce Springsteen on history
But I think it's more that when you're young, you're invincible, you're immortal - or at least you think you are. The possibilities are limitless, you're inventing the future. Then you get older and suddenly you have a history. It's fixed. You can't change anything. I find that a bit disturbing, to be honest. Damien Hirst on history
History passes the final judgment. Sidney Poitier on history
Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture. Ibrahim Babangida on history
Those who become mentally ill often have a history of chronic pain. Gene Tierney on history
We have need of history in its entirety, not to fall back into it, but to see if we can escape from it. Jose Ortega y Gasset on history