Happenstance Quote by George Carlin

History is formed by the people, those who have power and those without power. Each one of us makes history.

— Anselm Kiefer

History is history. What is done is done.

— Sister Souljah

History portrays everything as if it could not have come otherwise. History is on the side of what happened.

— Elias Canetti

History is not what happened but what is written down

— Kathleen McGowan

History is full of people who out of fear, or ignorance, or lust for power has destroyed knowledge of immeasurable value which truly belongs…

— Carl Sagan

History is not merely what happened. It is what happened in the context of what might have happened.

— Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper

History isn't what happened, history is just what historians tell us.

— Julian Barnes

A lot of what we think of as history is actually just a version of events which may or may not be true.

— Sandi Toksvig

History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.

— Ambrose Bierce

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Don Rittner

History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.

— Ted Koppel