High Quote by David Starkey Download Open image “High malice is almost inherent in the profession of historian.” — David Starkey ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare High History Inherent Malice Profession
Historians are dangerous people. They are capable of upsetting everything. — Nikita Khrushchev Copy Share Image
Folly is often more cruel in the consequences than malice can be in the intent. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
A historian has many duties... the first is not to slander; the second is not to bore — Voltaire Copy Share Image
A historian should not be didactic-that is a word that makes my blood run cold. — Edmund Morgan Copy Share Image
“History has taught us that the nature of man is evil, sublimely so. Good is not perfectible, but evil is. Why should you not… — Elizabeth Kostova Copy Share Image
“A historian ought to be exact, sincere and impartial; free from passion, unbiased by interest, fear, resentment or affection; and faithful to the truth,… — Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar Copy Share Image
Historians have become far too precious. Their work has become ever more specialised and, as they steadily lose the context of their studies, they… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
The idea that historians aren't affected by what goes on around them I think is slightly fanciful. — Kwasi Kwarteng Copy Share Image
Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ignorance and arrogance are a lethal combination. Nowhere do we see that more clearly among writers and performers who pontificate as historians when they… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
Historians ought to be precise, faithful, and unprejudiced; and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should make them swerve from the way of… — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
I was born in a council house, my father left school at the age of 11, had his teeth out without anaesthetic at the… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
I was a complete and typical only child. I was bookish, and sport was out of the question anyway. I had read all of… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
Compare the scale and magnifcence of Versailles with St James's - the brick-built hovel in which the 18th-century kings of England lived. What was… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
Churchill may have made some horrendous mistakes - Gallipoli, for one - but he had a sense of the profundity and integrity of the… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
We have this extraordinarily unbalanced constitution, in which we have an elected dictatorship of the prime minister. — David Starkey Copy Share Image
Historians have become far too precious. Their work has become ever more specialised and, as they steadily lose the context of their studies, they… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
Floating the idea that every kid in Brixton can become a whizkid at information technology is dishonest. — David Starkey Copy Share Image
What I love doing is creating a room, with attractive paintings and colours and furnishings - very much my mother. — David Starkey Copy Share Image
“The global population of Earth are involved in the following corporate government experiments: The long term effects of - 1. Nuclear bomb fallout radiation.… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Eric Clapton's scales - when he comes off a high note and it's time for a refrain or a little bit of a rest,… — Chris Rea Copy Share Image
I was in high school and I had an independent album out, and we kept sending that out, and I was doing shows. No… — Tyler Hilton Copy Share Image
Safin, in his way, is very talented. It is a joy to watch them play; it is tennis of a very high quality. — Richard Krajicek Copy Share Image
I don't think the distinction between high and low culture exists anymore. — Jeremy Scott Copy Share Image
Nothing teaches great writing like the very best books do. Yet, good teachers often help students cross that bridge, and I have to say… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
As a fan, Kirk Cousins has this very quiet, composed, confident demeanor that seems to be pretty even-keeled. We don't see him show a… — Sean Doolittle Copy Share Image
My first three manuscripts were epic fantasy - like high fantasy - and then the fourth one was a historical fantasy about Mozart as… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
My mother worked in the white world, but I lived almost exclusively in a black world. I don't think I had ever seen a… — Edward P. Jones Copy Share Image
We must, however, note that what are usually called the high religions made their appearance within about twenty-five hundred years - most of them… — Kenneth Scott Latourette Copy Share Image
I always like to look for adventure when I go away. I have gone on several horse adventures with my wife - from Guangxi… — Antony Gormley Copy Share Image
I went to Enloe High School and then East Carolina University and graduated with a business degree in marketing. — Summer Rae Copy Share Image
