146 Movie Quotes about History (+ Sound Clips) - page 7

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.

61 What is this place? -Oh, can't you tell? Advanced, ancient technology.

Dan O'Herlihy as Conal Cochran in Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

62 Because when I was young and I'd get an A on a history test or whatever, I'd get this good feeling about all the things that I could be. And then I never became any of them.

Will Smith as Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness

63 While you Americans, you are fighting for the biggest nothing in history.

Marlon Brando as Colonel Walter Kurtz in Apocalypse Now

64 A little revolution, now and then, is a healthy thing, don't you think?

Sean Connery as Marko Ramius in The Hunt for Red October

65 Primitive man lived and died by his harvest. The purpose of his spring ceremonies was to ensure a plentiful autumn.

Edward Woodward as Sgt. Neil Howie in The Wicker Man (1973)

66 I'd like to be an explorer, like the great Magellan. -Oh. You're too late. There's really nothing left to explore.

Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank in The Truman Show

67 If there's one thing the history of evolution has taught us, it's that life will not be contained.

Sam Neill as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park

68 It's a great day. I tell you, it's the greatest day in the history of Texas.

Gary Cooper as Cole Harden in The Westerner (1940)

69 Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive.

Keanu Reeves as Thomas A. Anderson in The Matrix

70 That recording was made by Krell musicians a half a million years ago.

Walter Pidgeon as Dr. Edward Morbius in Forbidden Planet (1956)

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