142 Movie Quotes about History (Sound Clips) - page 9

Last updated on: August 19, 2025

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

81 Suppose George Washington's soldiers had asked for money? Where would this country be today? -But they did ask. -And where's Washington?

Groucho Marx as Mr. Hammer in The Cocoanuts (1929)

82 Other holidays repose upon the past. Arbor Day proposes for the future. I'm quoting from the writings of the famous J. Sterling Morton. -Who? -Mr. Morton was an early voice for conservation!

Sally Brown in It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown

83 Great American hero, from Cleveland, Ohio. Enlisted right after Pearl Harbor. When was Pearl Harbor? Or don't you know that? -December 7th, '41. -What time? -Six o'clock. I was having dinner. -Six o'clock in Berlin. They were having lunch in Cleveland.

William Holden as J.J. Sefton in Stalag 17 (1953)

84 The early history of our universe was a bloody mosaic of interplanetary war.

Marlon Brando as Jor El in Superman (1978)

85 My history's a little hazy, Cassius, but shouldn't the barbarians lose the battle of Carthage?

Quote from Gladiator (2000)

86 Yes, sir, we've been in there dodging left hooks since before History began to walk.

Quote from Meet John Doe (1941)

87 Your types are as old as history.

Quote from Meet John Doe (1941)

88 Those great echoing galleries, where so much of English history has been made.

Quote from Beat the Devil (1953)

89 But that's history. I'm here, he's not.

Quote from Scarface (1983)

90 Oh, that's wonderful, Tony. Real contribution to human history.