Human History Quotes - Page 9

• I vividly remember the stories my grandfather told me about the carnage of the First World War, which people tend to forget was one of the worst massacres in human history.

  Antonio Tabucchi

  War, People, Grandfather

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• Much of human history can, I think, be described as a gradual and sometimes painful liberation from provincialism, the emerging awareness that there is more to the world than was generally believed by our ancestors.

  Carl Sagan

  Thinking, World, Belief

  Carl Sagan, Jerald F. TerHorst, Allan J. Mayer, Sharon S. McKern, Laurence J. Peter (1980). “Broca's brain: reflections on the romance of science”

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• We are entering a new phase in human history - one in which fewer and fewer workers will be needed to produce the goods and services for the global population.

  Jeremy Rifkin

  Population, Entering, Phases

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• We stand on a great threshold in the human history of space exploration. If life is prevalent in our neighborhood of the galaxy, it is within our resources and technological reach to be the first generation in human history to finally cross this threshold, and to learn if there is life of any kind beyond Earth.

  Sara Seager

  Moon, Space, Generations

  "Life beyond Earth seems 'inevitable', US planetary scientist says", www.theguardian.com. August 4, 2014.

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• In every society in human history, including the United States, those in power seek to imbue themselves with the attributes of religion and patriotism as a way of getting greater support for their policy and insulating themselves from any criticism.

  George J. Mitchell

  Support, Patriotism, Criticism

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• It is a stark and arresting fact that, since the middle of the 20th century, humankind has consumed more natural resources than in all previous human history

  Margaret Beckett

  Facts, Natural, Century

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• Whether I am meant to or not, I challenge assumptions about women. I do make some people uncomfortable, which I'm well aware of, but that's just part of coming to grips with what I believe is still one of the most important pieces of unfinished business in human history - empowering women to be able to stand up for themselves.

  Hillary Clinton

  Believe, Unfinished Business, People

  "The New 'Comeback' Clinton: From Rival to U.S. Cabinet". Interview with Jonathan Van Meter, Vogue Magazine, abcnews.go.com. November 21, 2009.

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• Human history began with an act of disobedience and it is not unlikely that it will be terminated by an act of obedience.

  Erich Fromm

  Obedience, Unlikely, Humans

  "Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem". "On Disobedience and Other Essays" by Erich Fromm, 1981.

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• All big things in human history have been arrived at slowly and through many compromises.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Compromise, Bigs, Humans

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• Fiction is history, human history, or it is nothing.

  Joseph Conrad

  History, Fiction, Humans

  Joseph Conrad “Heart of Darkness”, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Food is "everyday"-it has to be, or we would not survive for long. But food is never just something to eat. It is something to find or hunt or cultivate first of all; for most of human history we have spent a much longer portion of our lives worrying about food, and plotting, working, and fighting to obtain it, than we have in any other pursuit. As soon as we can count on a food supply (and so take food for granted), and not a moment sooner, we start to civilize ourselves.

  Margaret Visser

  Food, Fighting, Long

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• Human history began as an act of disobedience, and it is not unlikely that it will be terminated by an act of obedience. At this point in history the capacity to doubt, to criticize and to disobey may be all that stands between a future for mankind and the end of civilization.

  Erich Fromm

  Civilization, Doubt, May

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• No history is mute. No matter how much they own it, break it, and lie about it, human history refuses to shut its mouth. Despite deafness and ignorance, the time that was continues to tick inside the time that is.

  Eduardo Galeano

  Lying, Ignorance, Mouths

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• So long as human history continues, we will face the perennial challenge of realizing, maintaining and strengthening peace through dialogue, of making dialogue the sure and certain path to peace. We must uphold and proclaim this conviction without cease, whatever coldly knowing smiles or cynical critiques may greet us.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Knowing, Long, Cynical

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• Understanding the times means understanding the course of history and civilization, as well as understanding the present situation. If we understand how God guides the development of human history, we can begin to understand the therapies needed to correct the problems of our times.

  James B. Jordan

  Mean, Civilization, Understanding

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• The death of Jesus is the pivotal event of human history and everything needs to be understood in light of that.

  Alistair Begg

  Jesus, Light, Events

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• There is no time in human history when you were more perfectly represented than in the Garden of Eden.

  R. C. Sproul

  Garden, Eden, Humans

  R. C. Sproul (2011). “Now, That's a Good Question!”, p.149, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• Prayer joined to sacrifice constitutes the most powerful force in human history.

  Pope John Paul II

  Prayer, Powerful, Sacrifice

  Pope John Paul II, Greg Burke (1999). “An Invitation to Joy”, p.111, Simon and Schuster

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• Men have said that the cross of Christ was not a heroic thing, but I want to tell you that the cross of Jesus Christ has put more heroism in the souls of men than any other event in human history.

  John G. Lake

  Jesus, Men, Christ On The Cross

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• God will recruit as necessary from the human cast in order to reorder human history.

  Walter Brueggemann

  Order, Gods Will, Casts

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• Throught human history, illusions of knowledge, not ignorance, have proven to be the principal obstacles to discovery

  Daniel J. Boorstin

  Ignorance, Discovery, Obstacles

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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 means, for example, we could do some extraordinary things.

  David Cronenberg

  Baby, Sex, Mean

  "Controversial visionary David Cronenberg sees technology, mankind, sexuality merging in 'eXistenZ'". Interview with Rob Blackwelder, splicedwire.com. April 14, 1999.

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• I think the rise of China is one of the great events of all economic and human history, and I think this will be overwhelmingly a positive thing for the region and the world.

  Paul Keating

  Thinking, Events, World

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Now, I believe that war is never inevitable until it starts, but there has been a great proclivity in human history, and including in recent history, for war.

  William C. Kirby

  War, Believe, Inevitable

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• I'm not the first person to have discovered evidence that consciousness exists beyond the body. Brief, wonderful glimpses of this realm are as old as human history.

  Eben Alexander

  Glimpse, Body, Firsts

  "Proof Of Heaven: A Doctor’s Experience With The Afterlife". www.newsweek.com. October 8, 2012.

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