Circumstances Quote by Barbara Tuchman

“History is made not simply with events, but by remembering those events, a double drumbeat like a heartbeat. History can be written not only…

— Christopher Bram

History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be…

— John F. Kennedy

The writing of history is largely a process of diversion. Most historical accounts distract attention from the secret influences behind great events.

— Frank Herbert

If good history is dispassionate history, it must naturally wait until the passions of the period subside.

— James Buchan

History seems not so much a record of past events, more a catalogue of preferred beliefs expounded by people who have a vested interest.

— Anthony Storr

History is the fiction we invent to persuade ourselves that events are knowable and that life has order and direction. That's why events are…

— Bill Watterson

“History often has a difficult time catching up to the events it records.”

— Ladislas Farago

History is not a catalogue but...a convincing version of events.

— A. J. P. Taylor

To write history is as important as to make history. It is an unchanging truth that if the writer does not remain true to…

— Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.

— Otto von Bismarck

Sometimes - history needs a push.

— Vladimir Lenin

I was thinking of writing a little foreword saying that history is, after all, based on people's recollections, which change with time.

— Frederik Pohl