History Quote by David McCullough

History is what we read, write and think about the past.

— Michael Howard

History is not everything, but it is a starting point. History is a clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time…

— John Henrik Clarke

History is one of those marvelous and necessary illusions we have to deal with. It's one of the ways of dealing with our world…

— Howard Nemerov

History is a compass that you locate yourself on the map of human geography, politically, culturally, financially.

— John Henrik Clarke

“History is important not only as a record of the past but also as a guide to the present. We need to know where…

— Reg Whitaker

History is not everything, but it is a starting point. History is a clock that people use to tell there political and cultural time…

— Dr. John

History is a means of access to ourselves.

— Lynn Townsend White, Jr

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 it can seem that history is turning in a wide arc, toward an unknown shore. Yet the destination of history is determined by…

— George W. Bush

History is an intricate web of of timing, people, circumstances, and serendipity.

— Don Rittner

History provides a sense of where we've been and lessons that can be taken forward.

— Jim Leach

History is the interpretation of the significance that the past has for us.

— Johan Huizinga