Details Quote by Jacques Barzun

No historical analogies are exactly precise.

— Rick Perlstein

Concerning no subject would [George Bernard] Shaw be deterred by the minor accident of total ignorance from penning a definitive opinion.

— Roger Scruton

No apparent, perceived, or claimed evidence in any field, including history and chronology, can be valid if it contradicts the Scriptural record,

— Ken Ham

All the historical books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.

— Anatole France

Shaw does not merely decorate a proposition, but makes his way from point to point through new and difficult territory. This explains why Shaw…

— Jacques Barzun

A chronicle is very different from history proper.

— Howard Nemerov

When a history book contains no lies it is always tedious.

— Anatole France

There's been essentially the same analysis over and over again and very little allowance made for different views and interpretations and reflections.

— Edward Said

It was a startling task to undertake, for the Book of Mormon had never been illustrated before, at least on any professional level. There…

— Arnold Friberg

I am terrible with examples. I can never think of them when anybody asks for an example.

— Shonda Rhimes

Historical facts are the vital framework around which non-fiction writers construct their narratives; they are, quite simply, indispensable.

— Saul David

We remember the details of our story, we do not invent them.

— Graham Greene