Deposits Quote by Mary McCarthy

I won't make a mark on history. I have some importance in the time we live in, but that's all.

— Pierre Berge

“History displays the events of time.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“EVERY HISTORIAN WRITES IN—and is impacted by—a precise historical moment.”

— Ibram X. Kendi

Historical change is like an avalanche. The starting point is a snow-covered mountainside that looks solid. All changes take place under the surface and…

— Norman Davies

At one end of the continuum known as history are first-time events that have generated notable measures of public recognition due to either a…

— Aberjhani

“the issue in historical explanation is to explain the character and not the mere occurrence of events. A historical event is not an atomic,…

— Terry Nardin

History is the interpretation of the significance that the past has for us.

— Johan Huizinga

“In the theater of the past that is constituted by memory, the stage setting maintains the characters in their dominant roles . . .…

— Gaston Bachelard

The mantra of the new historicists was "we have betrayed ourselves." Since their emergence, there have been more or less interesting paradigm shifts having…

— Paul Fry

Historical! Must it be historical to catch your attention? Even though historicity, like notoriety, denotes nothing more than thatsomething has occurred.

— Franz Grillparzer

Mere recording of an event will not make it a historical document. It will become obsolete with time. Only those that emotionally connect with…

— Ilaiyaraaja

“The memorable events of history are the visible effects of the invisible changes of human thought. The reason these great events are so rare…

— Gustave Le Bon