146 Movie Quotes about History (+ Sound Clips) - page 4

Updated: Jan 15, 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.

31 Perhaps it might be better, Mr. President, if you were more concerned with the American people than with your image in the history books.

George C. Scott as General Buck Turgidson in Dr. Strangelove

32 It's the worst thing that is ever happened in the history of human events.

Christina Ricci as Wednesday Addams in Addams Family Values

33 What's she doing? -Learning our history, the last 5000 years that she's missed.

Ian Holm as Vito Cornelius in The Fifth Element

34 The complete history of the American buffalo. It, too, is becoming extinct.

Katharine Hepburn as Bunny Watson in Desk Set (1957)

35 You have secured for yourself a place in the history books.

Richard Hatch as Captain Apollo in Battlestar Galactica (1978)

36 Welcome to a magnificent journey into the past. This is Medieval Times!

Matthew Broderick as Steven M. Kovacs in The Cable Guy (1996)

37 Gentlemen, we're history.

George Carlin as Rufus in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

38 These are the circuits of history, gentlemen. They'll take us to any point in time we wish.

George Carlin as Rufus in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

39 The rabbit's not like us. It has no history books, no photographs no knowledge of sorrow or regret.

Jake Gyllenhaal as Donnie Darko in Donnie Darko

40 Perhaps never in human history has the entire world been united by such a global drama.

Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell in Apollo 13

146 Movie Quotes about History (+ Sound Clips) - page 4

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