Margaret Atwood Quotes

History lets you know exactly where you are today. And if you pay attention to it, it gives you a broad perspective of everyone. You can relate it to pretty much any time.

I think all of the secrets of the universe are revealed in history. We understand who we are by understanding where we've been and why we are the way we are, and where we come from.

You cannot not know history.

History is a heavy thing everywhere.

Not to have knowledge of what happened before you were born is to be condemned to live as a child.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

History's a resource.

History isn’t just what happened before we came on the scene. We are a part of history..

It may not be art, but it is history.

History didn't begin yesterday.

History happens all around us.

What history is about is human beings.

There can be no dedication to Canada's future without a knowledge of its past.

The thing with all the Founding Fathers, one of the most common words they used was 'posterity.' They were constantly referring to posterity.

I think if we don't understand history, if we don't keep referring back to it, we become complacent. And complacency, as we all know, it leads to repeating history.

Unless we know where we've been as a country, we don't know where we are or where we are going.

Too many people take New York for granted. The primary reason is that history is not taught. That's outrageous in a city where the past is still visible.

It's hard to understand a moment in history when you are in it.

Without understanding your history, you can't get a perspective about the present.

Read about history, and you become aware that nothing starts with us.

If you forget your history, you forget who you are.

One should live with history round one.

Know thy history. Let it horrify you; let it inspire you.

History matters.

I was always pretty interested in my history. Not just the history of the Caribbean, the history of my people, but all walks of life.