147 Movie Quotes about History (+ Sound Clips) - page 12

Updated: Mar 2, 2026

Memorable quotes about history, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

111 But I think it appropriate to toast the most significant event in the history of mankind.

Richard Hatch as Captain Apollo in Battlestar Galactica (1978)

112 I may not have the days exactly right or the years, but I'm more or less familiar with the history of the United States.

Dustin Hoffman as Raymond Babbitt in Rain Man (1988)

113 He changed the entire course of human history.

Natalie Portman as Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta

114 What if the worst, the most horrifying biological attack in this country's history was not the work of religious extremists?

Natalie Portman as Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta

115 The rest, as they say, is history.

Natalie Portman as Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta

116 And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend, legend became myth.

Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

117 Oh, yeah, I remember. I sat next to you in history.

Chris Farley as Tommy Callahan in Tommy Boy (1995)

118 Now look. I've listened to you very patiently. I've heard your whole life's history.

Claire Trevor as Mary McCloud in Dark Command (1940)

119 If you'd take the time to study your country's history, you'd be the first to admit it.

John Wayne as Sean Thornton in The Quiet Man (1952)

120 If you knew your country's history as well as you claim to know it, you'd know that they haven't been beaten west of the Shannon for the last 22 years.

John Wayne as Sean Thornton in The Quiet Man (1952)