The historian ought to be an educated person, writing for other educated people about something which they don't know about, but wish… — John Keegan Copy Share Image
I think, as a historian, what strikes one the most about this [Donald'd Trump] program is just simply its nationalism, with his… — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
Future historians will surely see us as having created in the media a Frankenstein monster whom no one knows how to control… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these… — Herodotus Copy Share Image
The historian does not locate known facts in a hypothetical, general pattern of processes; his aim is to link fact to fact,… — Susanne Katherina Langer Copy Share Image
I think the fault is more with historicists who have stubbornly failed to develop a good theory of historicity. By simply resting… — Earl Doherty Copy Share Image
Whatever the poets pretend, it is plain they give immortality to none but themselves; it is Homer and Virgil we reverence and… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
When we see the human race, we must see before all else environment and food. Historians write about social change without taking… — Michio Kushi Copy Share Image
The older I get the more I'm convinced that it's the purpose of politicians and journalists to say the world is very… — David Cannadine Copy Share Image
A delusion that encourages belief where there is no evidence is asking for trouble. Disagreements between incompatible beliefs cannot be settled by… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
When a rapidly rising power rivals an established ruling power, trouble ensues. In 11 of 15 cases in which this has occurred… — Graham T. Allison Copy Share Image
I do not know how Vladimir Putin will be esteemed by the future history, but I have no doubt that among his… — Vladimir Posner Copy Share Image
There are relatively few atheists among neurologists and brain surgeons and astrophysicists, but many among psychologists, sociologists, and historians. The reason seems… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
Every historian with professional standards speaks or writes what he believes to be true. — Samuel E. Morison Copy Share Image
The act of choosing what to place in your piece when you're a historian or a non-fiction writer already renders it into… — James McBride Copy Share Image
I remember, when I was in university I studied history, and there was this one major historian of the Third Reich, Ian… — Sacha Baron Cohen Copy Share Image
Presidential legacies are valuable things, too valuable to be left up to historians. — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
Ghostly legends dot the Prairie State from its big cities to its small towns. These stories make each community unique in a… — Jeff Belanger Copy Share Image
If physicists could not quote in the text, they would not feel that much was lost with respect to advancement of knowledge… — J. H. Hexter Copy Share Image
That is what we have in revisionist historians. It starts with their own atheism, their own unbelief, and then they go back… — D. James Kennedy Copy Share Image
While historians may go on attempting grand, sweeping and defining narratives, they work in a time when readers know that another narrative… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
You know, this is such a rich time that we've just been involved in, and there's really a job now for historians.… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
It didn't occur to me that I could be a writer until college. I saw all these people around me training to… — John Brandon Copy Share Image
