Attention Quote by Franz Grillparzer

History is not usually what has happened. History is what some people have thought to be significant.

— Idries Shah

At one end of the continuum known as history are first-time events that have generated notable measures of public recognition due to either a…

— Aberjhani

“the issue in historical explanation is to explain the character and not the mere occurrence of events. A historical event is not an atomic,…

— Terry Nardin

Historical fiction is not history. You're blending real events and actual historical personages with characters of your own creation.

— George R. R. Martin

NOTORIETY, n. The fame of one's competitor for public honors. The kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to mediocrity. A Jacob's-ladder leading to…

— Ambrose Bierce

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

History is not a procession of illustrious people. It's about what happens to a people. Millions of anonymous people is what history is about.

— Anonymous

Whatever can be noted historically can be found within history.

— Martin Heidegger

“Nowadays our sense of history is being destroyed by the nature of our history - our memory is short and it grows shorter under…

— Lionel Trilling

History is the story of events, with praise or blame.

— Cotton Mather

History - an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant

— John Barth

“A lot of what we know to be history isn’t…it serves a purpose. Events are exaggerated, heroes fabricated, goals are rewritten to appear more…

— Louise Penny