Computer Quote by Doris Kearns Goodwin

What is a historian? Someone who doesn't write well enough to work on a daily.

— Karl Kraus

I believe that the supreme duty of the historian is to write history, that is to say, to attempt to record in one sweeping…

— Steven Runciman

History is the invention of historians.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The historian ought to be an educated person, writing for other educated people about something which they don't know about, but wish to know…

— John Keegan

“some of history’s lessons here with respect to writing should be obvious: make a copy; back up your data; and beware of invaders.”

— Brian Carroll

History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.

— Otto von Bismarck

The great thing about dealing with people about whom we have historical resources, is that if the writing needs work, there's everywhere to go…

— Colin Firth

Being a historian, if only for the day, teaches you useful things like judgment, and the ability to detect when someone is lying to…

— Lucy Worsley

I consider myself a writer who happens to write about history, rather than a historian. I was an English major in college. What I've…

— Nathaniel Philbrick

You have to protect your writing time. You have to protect it to the death.

— William Goldman

Historians are a long way from being key workers. The best place for them is at home, reading their books and keeping out of…

— David Olusoga

Writing history is a method of getting rid of the past.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe