History Quote by D.L. Christopher

“The dirty secret about history is how much of it is conjecture.”

— Erika Swyler

History is only conjecture, and the best historians try to do it as accurately as they can. They try to accurately reassemble the facts…

— Ridley Scott

“For history and for science facts are self-evident and are the subject-matter of these studies, but for philosophy they are the most puzzling things…

— Michael Oakeshott

“History isn't all fact--it's just the story the victors tell to keep themselves in power. And it's been a slow revision. The more time…

— Heather Anastasiu

“Historians have often felt that the discovery of facts (even true ones) is only a preliminary to a higher activity, that of understanding the…

— Oswyn Murray

We must consider how very little history there is--I mean real, authentic history. That certain kings reigned and certain battles were fought, we can…

— Samuel Johnson

“While what I write is always largely consistent with the records that remain I freely admit that where historical fact proves a barrier to…

— Sara Sheridan

“The popular view that scientists proceed inexorably from well-established fact to well-established fact, never being influenced by any unproved conjecture, is quite mistaken. Provided…

— Andrew Hodges

“History engineered if the facts couldn't be generally accepted.”

— Toba Beta

“So why study history? Unlike physics or economics, history is not a means for making accurate predictions. We study history not to know the…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“History tells Us It’s Possible".”

— Behnam Rajabpoor

“Histories, chronologies and almanacs offer us the illusion of progress, even though, over and over again, we are given proof that there is no…

— Alberto Manguel