Quotes by history

“Not being interested in other cultures is the normal state of mankind.”

“A veces pienso que el mayor delito del franquismo ha sido ése, secuestrar la memoria de un país enterio, desgajarlo del tiempo, impedir que tu, que eres mi nieta, la hija de mi hijo, puedas creer como cierta mi propia historia…”

“Mr Arblaster first built his factory in 1884. It burnt down the following year. It was rebuilt in 1886 and was destroyed by an explosion during 1887 when eight lives were lost. The factory was once more rebuilt but blew up in 1888 when a lad was killed. It was built again, but on 11 December 1890 was once more wrecked by an explosion.”

“Memory is a few lines snipped from a larger story that we are privileged to tuck away between the pages of our minds.”

“History can be rewritten, but at what cost?”

“In 1904, the newly created Los Angeles Department of Water and Power issued its first public report. The time has come, it said, when we shall have to supplement the supply from another source. With that simple statement, William Mulholland was about to become a modern Moses. But instead of leading his people to the promised land, he would cleave the desert and lead the promised waters to them.”

“War is a lie”

“He was a very nice person. History has no record of him. There is a moral in that, somewhere.”

“Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back.”

“Moment by moment, in life s winter life froze Echoing a history of blues, a milestone rose”

“Very often history is a means of denying the past. Denying the past is to refuse to recognise its integrity. To fit it, force it, function it, to suck out the spirit until it looks the way you think it should. We are all historians in our small way.”

“In the history of man, there has been and always will be more horses asses than horses.”