Historic Milestone Quotes

Happy that New York passed marriage equality tonight. A victory for human rights. Progress.

Sport has the power to inspire and unite people. In Africa, soccer enjoys great popularity and has a particular place in the hearts of people. That is why it is so important that the FIFA World Cup will, for the first time ever, be hosted on the African continent in 2010. We feel privileged and humbled that South Africa has been given this singular honour of being the African host country.

The next president of the United States will be the president that will celebrate 100 years of women having the right to vote. I mean, I think having a woman president lead that celebration would be, you know, one of these instances of history really working out right in a poetic and beautiful way.

Most of the time after the US Open, it is kind of like you are trying to finish strong. But to do it five years and maybe six is something that has never been done before, so it is a huge challenge.

First black president ever, and to be living while it happened - that's a good part of history. That's probably the biggest person I admire right now.

The first footfalls on Mars will mark a historic milestone, an enterprise that requires human tenacity matched with technology to anchor ourselves on another world.

It would be special, just to know I had the best rookie season a running back has had in this league, especially a record that's been however old it is.

Congratulations to Sachin Tendulkar for becoming the first person ever to score 50 test hundreds, absolute superstar

The results showed that Joe Mokoena and I had made history. For the first time in the history of education in South Africa, two African students had passed the JC with a First Class degree, regarded as a rare achievement for any student.

Kidney transplants seem so routine now. But the first one was like Lindbergh's flight across the ocean.

Usually, one day in a century rises above the others as an accepted turning point or historic milestone. It becomes the climactic day, or 'the day,' of that century.

We made history when President Obama appointed Sonia Sotomayor, a proud Latina, the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. And as the President likes to say, 'Every single one of them wasn't just the best Latino for the job, but the best person for the job.'

Thanks to you, we've reached a milestone. The first time in our nation's history that a woman will be a major party's nominee.

No woman has ever stepped on Little America - and we have found it to be the most silent and peaceful place in the world.