Family Quote by John Sedgwick

The more you learn about yourself and your family tree, your self-esteem goes up. They will learn archival skills, historical analysis and science skills.…

— Henry Louis Gates

History isn’t something you study. It’s something you should just know.

— Kiera Cass

I know so little about any history. How little do I know even about the history of myself.

— Thomas Carlyle

I think history is inextricably linked to identity. If you don't know your history, if you don't know your family, who are you?

— Mary Pipher

I have to throw in on a personal note that I didn't like history when I was in high school. I didn't study history…

— Adele Logan Alexander

History is a Rorschach test, people. What you see when you look at it tells you as much about yourself as it does about…

— Jennifer Donnelly

I've always been so interested in personal history. I'm very fascinated by my parents' and my grandparents' generations. I seem to think that they…

— Joyce Carol Oates

There's a good reason why nobody studies history, it just teaches you too much.

— Noam Chomsky

Do not feel trapped by the facts of your history. Your history is not some set of sacred facts. History is an interpretation, and…

— Harriet Rubin

“Studying history aims to loosen the grip of the past. It enables us to turn our head this way and that, and begin to…

— Yuval Noah Harari

I'm also fascinated by the interplay between personal history and the larger forces that form the context for our lives.

— Julie Salamon

I think one of the most fascinating things you can do after you learn about your own people is to study something about the…

— Alex Haley