Book Quote by Henry Ford

Even in high school I was very interested in history - why people do the things they do. As a kid I spent a…

— George Lucas

“To anyone ignorant of history, it would be easy to see ways of life in earlier times simply as ways of life in foreign…

— Bernhard Schlink

History is what we read, write and think about the past.

— Michael Howard

I'm fascinated by delving into the historical context of what life was like in the past.

— Sophie Rundle

I'm interested in history because it's a discipline that requires a lot of effort from the imagination. You need to put in a lot…

— Sarnath Banerjee

History lets you know exactly where you are today. And if you pay attention to it, it gives you a broad perspective of everyone.…

— Baron Davis

History is about life. It's awful when the life is squeezed out of it and there's no flavor left, no uncertainties, no horsing around.…

— David McCullough

I'm convinced the true history of our time isn't what we read in newspapers or books...True history is almost invisible. It flows like an…

— Félix J. Palma

The first step to get people interested in history is to wonder how things could have been different.

— Gavriel David Rosenfeld

At school, up to the age of sixteen, I found history boring, for we were studying the Industrial Revolution, which was all about Acts,…

— Alison Weir

I am trying to reach people who would not normally head for the history section of a book shop or a library to try…

— Princess Michael of Kent

I learned a history not then written in books but one passed from generation to generation on the steps of moonlit porches and beside…

— Mildred D. Taylor