History Quote by Anthony Grey

“The past is the prologue.”

— Shakespeare

It's hard to think that say Shakespeare could have written "The Tempest" when he was young. It seems to be reflective work or retrospective…

— Edward Hirsch

Shakespeare wrote about what was happening during the time; it still relates to us now.

— LaTanya Richardson

“I still contend that Shakespeare is a dirty old man.”

— Stephanie Riggs

“The memory of war was fading into the past as a nightmare vanishes with the dawn; soon it would lie outside the experience of…

— Arthur C Clarke

Shakespeare doesn't belong to the past. If his material is valid, it is valid now. It's like coal. The only meaningfulness of a piece…

— Peter Brook

“The life of Shakespeare is a fine mystery and I tremble every day lest something turn up.”

— Charles Dickens

“There are times, aren't there, when Shakespeare is a little dull.”

— Graham Greene

“We can study files for decades, but every so often we are tempted to throw up our hands and declare that history is merely…

— Julian Barnes

“History shows us a window into our past. Historical fiction can take us by the and and lead us into that world.”

— Judith Geary

“The past is not necessarily a guide to the future, but it does partly help explain the present. One cannot, as I have written…

— Shashi Tharoor

“In the broad light of day, I could not give his tale nearly so much credence as I had granted it when sitting rapt…

— Lyndsay Faye