Famous Quotes

"Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do."

Paul Simon on History

More quotes about History

• "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

  Confucius on History

• "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew."

  Abraham Lincoln on History

• "A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history."

  Mahatma Gandhi on History

• "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little."

  Franklin D. Roosevelt on History

• "I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."

  Thomas Jefferson on History

More quotes by Paul Simon

• "As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death."

• "Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone."

• "I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won't do is change the essence of my work."

• "I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing."

• "If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything."