History must speak for itself. A historian is content if he has been able to shed more light. — William L. Shirer Copy Share Image
The apparent pointlessness of fashion may be just what makes it so strong as a zeitgeist sensor. Even I, a designer, do… — Jil Sander Copy Share Image
Sallust is indisputably one of the best historians among the Romans, both for the purity of his language and the elegance of… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
My share of the work of the world may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious. Darwin… — John Harvey Kellogg Copy Share Image
Farber had a huge effect on me as a writer. I don't mean I write like him. Farber is, first of all,… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
“Much of my time is spent teaching the internet what to say to people.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
As a historian I refuse to recognize an epochal boundary before the fact. — Wladyslaw Bartoszewski Copy Share Image
I never intended to be a historian of religion. My aim was to become a professor of English Literature in a university,… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
A couple years ago, the novelist Russell Banks told me he was reading the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. I asked why. He… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
They [slaves] have stabbed themselves for freedom-jumped into the waves for freedom-starved for freedom-fought like very tigers for freedom! But they have… — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
There are no self-proclaimed villains, only regiments of self-proclaimed saints. Victorious historians rule where good or evil lies. — Glen Cook Copy Share Image
As the NFF Historian, I'll have a new platform to indulge my passion for the most emotional, colorful and hysterical game ever… — Dan Jenkins Copy Share Image
The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he shall suppress… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Every man should write a brief history of his life: his parentage, his birth, his religion, when he was baptized and by… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share Image
I love those historians that are either very simple or most excellent. Such as are between both (which is the most common… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I am not a chess historian - I myself am a piece of chess history, which no one can avoid. I will… — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
Out of the fictitious book I get the expression of the life, of the times, of the manners, of the merriment, of… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
If I were an antiquarian, I would have eyes only for old stuff, but I am a historian. Therefore, I love life. — Henri Pirenne Copy Share Image
My theories explain, but cannot slow the decline of a great civilization. I set out to be a reformer, but only became… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
No man can be a politician, except he be first a historian or a traveller; for except he can see what must… — James Harrington Copy Share Image
“As an American historian, I will be correcting the historical record for the dangerous DeSoto Solar Farm to be a true, accurate… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
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