Historian Quotes

449 Historian quotes by 349 unique authors

He is likely to remain the one historian of the Sierra; he imported into his view the imagination of the poet and the reverence of… — Robert Underwood Johnson
I am among those who believe that our Western civilization is on its way to perishing. It has many commendable qualities, most of which it… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
In history as it comes to be written, there is usually some Spirit of the Age which historians can define, but the shape of things… — Joseph Wood Krutch
... we will hope that future historians will explain the morbid symptoms of present-day society as the childhood ailments of an aspiring humanity, due entirely… — Albert Einstein
Great abilities are not requisite for an Historian; for in historical composition, all the greatest powers of the human mind are quiescent. He has facts… — Samuel Johnson
You need, as a historian, essential triangulation from your subject and the only way you get that triangulation is through time. — Ken Burns
Historians tell the story of the past, novelists the story of the present. — Edmond de Goncourt
Ironically, the more intensive and far-reaching a historian's research, the greater the difficulty of citation. As the mountain of material grows, so does the possibility… — Doris Kearns Goodwin
The only protection as a historian is to institute a process of research and writing that minimizes the possibility of error. And that I have… — Doris Kearns Goodwin
To philosopher and historian the madness and imbecile wickedness of mankind ought to appear ordinary events. — David Hume
As an economic historian, I appreciate what manufacturing has contributed to the United States. It was the engine of growth that allowed us to win… — Christina Romer
Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany than lost territories, lost participation in colonization, and lost assets… — Gustav Stresemann
How something important happens is the business of historians and newspapers, the effect it has is the business of philosophers and writers and especially poets. — Karl Shapiro
The astrologers and historians write that the ascendant as of Oxford is Capricornus, whose lord is Saturn, a religious planet, and patron of religious men. — John Aubrey
Future historians will be able to study at the Jimmy Carter Library, the Gerald Ford Library, the Ronald Reagan Library, and the Bill Clinton Adult… — George Carlin
The student of biology is often struck with the feeling that historians, when dealing with the rise and fall of nations, do not generally view… — Ronald Ross
A few hints as to literary craftsmanship may be useful to budding historians. First and foremost, get writing! — Samuel Eliot Morison
The novel is a formidable mass, and it is so amorphous - no mountain in it to climb, no Parnassus or Helicon, not even a… — E. M. Forster
Most historians agree that Abraham Lincoln was the most important man to ever occupy the White House because he abolished slavery and kept the states… — Kitty Kelley
It is useful to the historian, among others, to be able to see the commonest forms of different phenomena, whether phonetic, morphological or other, and… — Ferdinand de Saussure
It should be the historian's business not to belittle but to illuminate the greatness of man's spirit. — C. V. Wedgwood
The historian of science may be tempted to exclaim that when paradigms change, the world itself changes with them. — Thomas Kuhn
Farber had a huge effect on me as a writer. I don't mean I write like him. Farber is, first of all, a great stylist,… — Greil Marcus
There's certainly more new SF available than when I started writing. That means there's also more bad SF available. Whether there is also more good… — Alan Dean Foster
The duty of a historian is simply to understand and then convey that understanding, no more than that. — Antony Beevor

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