--- title: "14 History Book Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 14 History Book quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best History Book sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/597/j-r-rim-16856_book-of-life_it-takes-one-person-to-rewrite-the-histo_2568717.jpg" --- > [“It takes one person to rewrite the history book.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-rim/it-takes-one-person-to-rewrite-the-history-book/) [J.R. Rim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-rim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/597/j-r-rim-16856_book-of-life_it-takes-one-person-to-rewrite-the-histo_2568717.jpg) > [The Bible is a history book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amar-e-stoudemire/the-bible-is-a-history-book/) [Amar'e Stoudemire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amar-e-stoudemire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b99/amar-e-stoudemire-12242_bible_the-bible-is-a-history-book-859223_859223.jpg) > [Don't be shocked when your history book mentions me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-manuel-miranda/don-t-be-shocked-when-your-history-book-mentions-me/) [Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-manuel-miranda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0f/lin-manuel-miranda-2352_book_don-t-be-shocked-when-your-history-book_195266.png) > [I wrote my first history book when I was four. I still have it so I can prove it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bettany-hughes/i-wrote-my-first-history-book-when-i-was-four-i-still-have-it-so-i/) [Bettany Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bettany-hughes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58e/bettany-hughes-7743_book_i-wrote-my-first-history-book-when-i-was_2612787.jpg) > [It is with nations as it is with individuals. A book of history is a book of sermons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/it-is-with-nations-as-it-is-with-individuals-a-book-of-history-is-a/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/463/arthur-conan-doyle-273_book_it-is-with-nations-as-it-is-with-individ_2254534.jpg) > ['Wajah Tum Ho' experience in my history book will be in my top 5.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sana-khan/wajah-tum-ho-experience-in-my-history-book-will-be-in-my-top-5/) [Sana Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sana-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70f/sana-khan-5918_book_wajah-tum-ho-experience-in-my-history-bo_1121318.jpg) > [Every drop of human blood contains a history book written in the language of our genes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spencer-wells/every-drop-of-human-blood-contains-a-history-book-written-in-the/) [Spencer Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spencer-wells/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afe/spencer-wells-33666_blood_every-drop-of-human-blood-contains-a-his_1418921.png) > [With the history of us, a book wouldn't necessarily be the best thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keisha-buchanan/with-the-history-of-us-a-book-wouldn-t-necessarily-be-the-best-thing/) [Keisha Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keisha-buchanan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e61/keisha-buchanan-110885_being-the-best_with-the-history-of-us-a-book-wouldn-t-n_2762560.jpg) > [The greatest history book ever written is the one hidden in our DNA.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spencer-wells/the-greatest-history-book-ever-written-is-the-one-hidden-in-our-dna/) [Spencer Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spencer-wells/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ced/spencer-wells-33666_book_the-greatest-history-book-ever-written-i_2929967.png) > [When a history book contains no lies it is always tedious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anatole-france/when-a-history-book-contains-no-lies-it-is-always-tedious/) [Anatole France](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anatole-france/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c54/anatole-france-1443_book_when-a-history-book-contains-no-lies-it_471562.jpg) > [Any good history book is mainly just a long list of mistakes, complete with names and dates. It's very embarrassing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-whitney-brown/any-good-history-book-is-mainly-just-a-long-list-of-mistakes-complete/) [A. Whitney Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-whitney-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1f/a-whitney-brown-27011_book_any-good-history-book-is-mainly-just-a-l_3109255.png) > [“Finding these events set down in the history book did not change her mind in the least, all the textbook did was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/finding-these-events-set-down-in-the-history-book-did-not-change-her/) [José Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e4/jos-saramago-208_books_finding-these-events-set-down-in-the-his_364306.png) > [There's a lot we should be able to learn from history. And yet history proves that we never do. In fact, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-whitney-brown/there-s-a-lot-we-should-be-able-to-learn-from-history-and-yet-history/) [A. Whitney Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-whitney-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/493/a-whitney-brown-27011_able_there-s-a-lot-we-should-be-able-to-learn_771397.png) > [“A history of the working class in the United States should, first of all, give a sense of what is meant by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-le-blanc/a-history-of-the-working-class-in-the-united-states-should-first-of/) [Paul Le Blanc](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-le-blanc/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8db/paul-le-blanc-124646_history_a-history-of-the-working-class-in-the-un_1395602.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/history-book/#itemlist", "name": "History Book Quotes", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It takes one person to rewrite the history book.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J.R. 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It's very embarrassing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "A. Whitney Brown" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-whitney-brown/any-good-history-book-is-mainly-just-a-long-list-of-mistakes-complete/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1f/a-whitney-brown-27011_book_any-good-history-book-is-mainly-just-a-l_3109255.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1f/a-whitney-brown-27011_book_any-good-history-book-is-mainly-just-a-l_3109255.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1f/a-whitney-brown-27011_book_any-good-history-book-is-mainly-just-a-l_3109255.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Any good history book is mainly just a long list of mistakes, complete with names and dates. It's very…” — A. Whitney Brown", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Finding these events set down in the history book did not change her mind in the least, all the textbook did was collect together the free-flowing fantasies of the person who had written it, and there was clearly little difference between those fantasies and the ones you could find in a novel.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "José Saramago" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/finding-these-events-set-down-in-the-history-book-did-not-change-her/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e4/jos-saramago-208_books_finding-these-events-set-down-in-the-his_364306.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e4/jos-saramago-208_books_finding-these-events-set-down-in-the-his_364306.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e4/jos-saramago-208_books_finding-these-events-set-down-in-the-his_364306.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Finding these events set down in the history book did not change her mind in the least, all the textbook did…” — José Saramago", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's a lot we should be able to learn from history. And yet history proves that we never do. In fact, the main lesson of history is that we never learn the lessons of history. This makes us look so stupid that few people care to read it. They'd rather not be reminded. Any good history book is mainly just a long list of mistakes, complete with names and dates. It's very embarrassing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "A. Whitney Brown" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-whitney-brown/there-s-a-lot-we-should-be-able-to-learn-from-history-and-yet-history/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/493/a-whitney-brown-27011_able_there-s-a-lot-we-should-be-able-to-learn_771397.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/493/a-whitney-brown-27011_able_there-s-a-lot-we-should-be-able-to-learn_771397.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/493/a-whitney-brown-27011_able_there-s-a-lot-we-should-be-able-to-learn_771397.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's a lot we should be able to learn from history. And yet history proves that we never do. In fact, the…” — A. 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