Quotes

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  • When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came, an Indian said simply “Ours”. – Vine Deloria

  • History does not repeat itself, historians merely repeat each other. – Unknown

  • History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon. – Napoleon

  • Culture, the acquainting ourselves with the best that has been known and said in the world, and thus with the history of the human spirit. – Matthew Arnold

  • When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion. – Charles Percy Snow

  • Is there any good reason why we cannot extend our multi-cultural generosity to include another dimension? That of time. The past, too, is another country. Its ghosts may look strange and frightening and slightly misshapen in body and mind, but all the more reason then, to welcome them to our shores. – Martin Amis

  • An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind. – Buddha

  • People always get tired of one another. I grow tired of myself whenever I am left alone for ten minutes, and I am certain that I am fonder of myself than anyone else can be of another person. – George Bernard Shaw

  • A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success! – Doug Larson

  • A friend is one who would help you move. A best friend is one who would help you move a body. – Jeff Wayman

  • No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend. – Groucho Marx

  • An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship. – Oscar Wilde