Historical figures Quotes

"It is easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook."

"The history of the world is but the biography of great men"

"Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering."

"People don’t realize what they had till it’s gone. Like President Kennedy, there was no one like him, the Beatles, and my man Elvis Presley. I was the Elvis of boxing."

"I'm the most recognized and loved man that ever lived cuz there weren’t no satellites when Jesus and Moses were around, so people far away in the villages didn’t know about them."

"I came, I saw, I conquered."

"It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf"

"I was always dreaming about very powerful people—dictators and things like that. I was just always impressed by people who could be remembered for hundreds of years, or even like Jesus, being remembered for thousands of years."

"Truly great people in history never wanted to be great for themselves. All they wanted was the chance to do good for others and be close to God."