Histories Quote by Angela Y. Davis

“Keeping histories is as much about knowing what needs forgetting as what ought to be remembered.”

— Leah Bobet

We should consider the histories of Christ three manner of ways; first, as a history of acts or legends; second, as a gift or…

— Martin Luther

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, but to weigh and consider . . . Histories make men wise.

— Francis Bacon Sr

“It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give someone, knowing their stories.”

— Emily Skrutskie

“It isn't about knowing the most stories, child. It is about carrying the ones that are most important and passing them along.”

— Ishmael Beah

How do you make any sense of history, art or literature without knowing the stories and iconography of your own culture and all the…

— Polly Toynbee

Histories never conclude; they just pause their prose. Their stories are, if they are truthful, untidy affairs, resistant to windings-up and sortings-out. They beat…

— Simon Schama

Political corruption is endemic all over this country, in some places worse than others, right? On crime, you have all the major American cities…

— Mitch Landrieu

There is no history, only histories.

— Karl Popper

Recounting their histories, people often sound like interested bystanders to their own lives.

— Hugh Mackay

My time as editor has been overlapped by a crisis - a prolonged, labyrinthine, tragic, seemingly non-ending crisis - that involves the prehistory of…

— David Remnick

I applied for funding to embark on an overseas field trip in Iceland, and spent six weeks there happily holed up in the national…

— Hannah Kent