Dispassionate Quote by James Buchan

So history is fertile territory for me and I think I could feel happy with any period of history, provided I had the right…

— Rose Tremain

History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be…

— John F. Kennedy

I think history is just so cyclical.

— Alexandra Bracken

History is the gradual instant

— Anne Michaels

The good things in history are usually of very short duration, but afterward have a decisive influence on what happens over long periods of…

— Hannah Arendt

History does not usually make real sense until long afterward.

— Bruce Catton

History is the necessary food of good and noble sentiments. It ought to give us at once humility and confidence in the face of…

— Vincent Massey

Sometimes, history sneaks up on you. And sometimes you know it's coming.

— Bill de Blasio

The comfortable thing about the study of history is that it inclines us to think hopefully of our own times.

— Agnes Repplier

Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being.

— Ken Burns

I've always been intrigued by the way history works, the way we decide what is mentioned.

— Rita Dove

I think certain periods of history don't get dealt with because I think historians, and it's their job, but they look back and look…

— Steven Knight