Jack Cady: Quotes about history

Jack Cady was American writer. Explore interesting quotes on history.
Jack Cady: 44   quotes 1   like

“Either ghosts are a metaphor for history, or history is a metaphor for ghosts.”

Jack Cady

Source: Kilroy Was Here (1996), p. 133

History

“We press the enemy backward with memories, with the power of history, with scenes of sense and order.”

Jack Cady

Source: Kilroy Was Here (1996), p. 158

History , Memory , Sense

“Some remnant of battle must remain, something halting an advance. The ghost of a ghost may be more than a memory. It may be a piece of history that refuses to be rewritten.”

Jack Cady

Source: Kilroy Was Here (1996), p. 156

History , Memory

“The crotch and the brain are the engines of history.”

Jack Cady

Source: Kilroy Was Here (1996), p. 151

History

“The fires of history burn hot and long, but memories of fires do not burn long enough.”

Jack Cady

Source: Kilroy Was Here (1996), p. 148

Memory , History

“You can only picture the future based on what you know about the past. If history dies the future can only be hideous.”

Jack Cady

Source: Kilroy Was Here (1996), p. 145

Future , History , Past