History Quote by Michael Gruber

“There are three kind of history. The first is what really happened and that is forever lost. The second is what most people thought…

— Michael Gruber

“History isn't all fact--it's just the story the victors tell to keep themselves in power. And it's been a slow revision. The more time…

— Heather Anastasiu

“History is not what happened but what you are told has happened, irrespective of what is true.”

— Elspeth Marr

“True history is almost invisible. It flows like an underground spring. It takes place in the shadows, and in silence.. And only a chosen…

— Félix J. Palma

“He said history was a sum of situations whose significance was never seen until long afterwards because people had been afraid to act them…

— Paul Scott

“History deals with the past, not with the future. We use history to avoid the mistakes of the past, not to recreate the very…

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“History is a construct...Any point of entry is possible and all choices are arbitrary. Still there are definitive moments...We can look at these events…

— Margaret Atwood

“Granted, there is always much that is hidden, and we must not forget that the writing of history - however dryly it is done…

— Hermann Hesse

“Everyone wanted to create his own history. There was nothing as powerful as the written word; history had taught them all that much.”

— Ted Dekker

“History is full of people who out of fear or ignorance or the lust for power have destroyed treasures of immeasurable value which truly…

— Carl Sagan

“You told me once that history matters, but it's frozen, set in stone. This is part of our history. I can't change it or…

— Cora Carmack Finding It

“History is essential to our understanding of the present. Unless we are conscious of the way in which we came to this point in…

— Ming-Dao Deng