Writing History Quotes

9 Writing History quotes by 9 unique authors

• Writing history is a method of getting rid of the past. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• I can fairly be called an amateur because I do what I do, in the original sense of the word - for love, because I… — David McCullough
• From this time everything was copulated. Acetic, formic, butyric, margaric, &c., acids, alkaloids, ethers, amides, anilides, all became copulated bodies. So that to make acetanilide,… — Auguste Laurent
• History is the art of making an argument about the past by telling a story accountable to evidence. In the writing of history, a story… — Jill Lepore
• I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it. — Kanye West
• It is like writing history with lightning and my only regret is that it is all so terribly true. — Woodrow Wilson
• Half of writing history is hiding the truth. — Joss Whedon
• Writing history is like drinking an ocean and pissing a cupful. — Gustave Flaubert
• Oh, Val," said Father. "All you have to do is live your life, and everyone around you will be happier." "No greatness, then." "Val," said… — Orson Scott Card

Who Wrote These Writing History Quotes

9 authors contributed a total of 9 Writing History Quotes as follows:

• 1 Writing History Quote by Woodrow Wilson
• 1 Writing History Quote by Orson Scott Card
• 1 Writing History Quote by Kanye West
• 1 Writing History Quote by Joss Whedon
• 1 Writing History Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• 1 Writing History Quote by Jill Lepore
• 1 Writing History Quote by Gustave Flaubert
• 1 Writing History Quote by David McCullough
• 1 Writing History Quote by Auguste Laurent