146 Movie Quotes about History (+ Sound Clips) - page 8

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.

71 We have nailed our names in the pages of history enough for today.

Lee Ermey as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket

72 Now, if they can prove those scrolls don't tell the whole truth of your history, if they can find some real evidence of another culture from some remote past, will you let them off?

Charlton Heston as George Taylor in Planet of the Apes (1968)

73 Palermo's the most conquered city in history. First, the Phoenicians, the Romans, Carthaginians, the Byzantines. Then came the Arabs, Spaniards, Neapolitans.

George C. Scott as General George Patton in Patton (1970)

74 Now I have precisely the right instrument, at precisely the right moment of history, in exactly the right place.

George C. Scott as General George Patton in Patton (1970)

75 Do you know where U.S. history is? -Down the hall and turn left.

Sean Penn as Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High

76 Well, we've got one historical figure here. Maybe we can go back and get some more.

Alex Winter as Bill S. Preston Esquire in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

77 Each Spartan protects the man to his left from thigh to neck with his shield.

Gerard Butler as King Leonidas in 300

78 6th century B.C., to be exact. Do you like the period? -Oh, I adore it.

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Harry Tasker in True Lies

79 Sixty percent of you will not pass this course! How do I know? Because that is an historical fact!

Viggo Mortensen as Master Chief in G.I. Jane

80 In 1905 there were hundreds of professors renown for their study of the universe, but it was a 26-year-old Swiss patent clerk doing physics in his spare time who changed the world.

Robin Williams as Dr. Sean Maguire in Good Will Hunting

146 Movie Quotes about History (+ Sound Clips) - page 8

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