Happened Quote by Lucian Download Open image “The historian's one task is to tell the thing as it happened.” — Lucian ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Happened Historian History Tasks
If you think about it, the historian's task is like that of the detective. — David Herbert Donald Copy Share Image
“A historian tries to understand what happened, why it happened, what was the context, who did what, and what assumptions led them to act… — Diane Ravitch Copy Share Image
Historical investigation has for its aim to fix the order and character of events throughout past time and in all places. The task is… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
The task of the historian is to understand the peoples of the past better than they understand themselves. — Herbert Butterfield Copy Share Image
There is one thing about knowing history, and another in recreating it. — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
History is often not what actually happened but what is recorded as such. — Henry L. Stimson Copy Share Image
“Historical analysis, by its very nature, tends to render seemingly unrelated events into an orderly and purposeful narrative, often leading to explanations that present… — Ralph Snyderman Copy Share Image
Any historian worth their salt should be aware of wars, conflicts, catastrophes. They happen. This is part of the panorama. — Norman Davies Copy Share Image
The true historian, therefore, seeking to compose a true picture of the thing acted, must collect facts and combine facts. Methods will differ, styles… — Augustine Birrell Copy Share Image
I was still more concerned (a preference which you may be far from resenting) to strike a blow for Epicurus, that great man whose… — Lucian Copy Share Image
The truth is hidden from us. Even if a mere piece of luck brings us straight to it, we shall have no grounded conviction… — Lucian Copy Share Image
How gracious are the gods in bestowing high positions; and how reluctant are they to insure them when given — Lucian Copy Share Image
The world is fleeting; all things pass away; Or is it we that pass and they that stay? — Lucian Copy Share Image
The lips are closed, for the dancer has plenty of other voices at his service. — Lucian Copy Share Image
The American soldier demonstrated that, properly equipped, trained and led, he has no superior among all the armies of the world. — Lucian Copy Share Image
Wise is the person at either end. Who can in due measure spare as well as spend. — Lucian Copy Share Image
Well, The Day the Earth Caught Fire was a story... I don't if anybody knows what it is but it was about... in the… — Val Guest Copy Share Image
My feeling has always been that 'Good Eats' would have never happened had it been left to a committee. — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
Thinking about the things that happened, I don't know any other ball player would could have done what he (Jackie Robinson) did. To be… — Pee Wee Reese Copy Share Image
I hadn't worked for a year when I had my Prison Break audition and it was the easiest audition I've ever had. I got… — Wentworth Miller Copy Share Image
Freedom in every sense but primarily political sense, a rise in repression that stems from a repression of sexuality. It's AIDS, it's herpes, it's… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
The truth is I've just never had any kind of plan at all for my career, which is probably not a very flattering thing… — Ty Burrell Copy Share Image
The Parthenon is really only a farmyard over which someone put a roof; colonades and sculptures were added because there were people in Athens… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
How come I end up where I started How come I end up where I belong... You used to be alright What happened? — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
You have to talk about why things happened the way they did. You can't actually explain my political life except by a series of… — David Lange Copy Share Image
Becoming famous is a really shocking thing, especially when you don't have aspirations to it. It got to the point where I would try… — Alison Moyet Copy Share Image
When somebody mentions that I did a play with George C. Scott, I'm like, it can't have happened. What was I doing on a… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
