Happy Quote by George W. S. Trow

History in general is a collection of crimes, follies, and misfortunes among which we have now and then met with a few virtues, and…

— Voltaire

Sometimes it's about the economic situation and sometimes it's about the fear of others. Sometimes it's about protecting the generally accepted values. If you…

— Philippe Falardeau

History is but the record of the public and official acts of human beings. It is our object, therefore, to humanize our history and…

— Bill Nye

“To me, history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me, it's an enlargement of…

— Dacid McCullough

The use of history is to tell us what we are, for at our birth we are nearly empty vessels and we become what…

— Learned Hand

To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me it's an enlargement of…

— David McCullough

When you tell people you're in history, they give you this pained expression because that was the course they hated in high school. But…

— Robert Darnton

“People need history in order to know themselves, to build a sense of identity and pride, continuity, community, and hope for the future.”

— Douglas Preston

Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.

— Gael Garcia Bernal

“The appropriation of history, the historicization of the past, the narrativization of society, all of which give the novel its force, include the accumulation…

— Edward W. Said

History is the memory of time, the life of the dead and the happiness of the living.

— John Smith

Culture is simultaneously the fruit of a people's history and a determinant of history.

— Amilcar Cabral