Historians Quote by Michael J. Lansing

“I am a storyteller, not a historian, and it's my ambition to create something compelling - something unputdownable and riveting - that chimes with…

— Sara Sheridan

“History is simply the stories we inherit.”

— Leslie Forbes

“We can study files for decades, but every so often we are tempted to throw up our hands and declare that history is merely…

— Julian Barnes

“History shows us a window into our past. Historical fiction can take us by the and and lead us into that world.”

— Judith Geary

“There's a peculiar dichotomy in the nature of almost anyone who calls himself a historian. Such scholars all piously assure us that they're telling…

— David Eddings

“Narrative history fell out of fashion for many years in the 1970s and 1980s, as historians everywhere focused on analytical approaches derived mainly from…

— Richard J. Evans

“We should not delude ourselves into thinking that our historical narratives, as commonly constructed, are anything more than retrofits.”

— Niall Ferguson

“With sufficient perspective, nothing is good or bad. The historian who ventures to judge the past is writing journalism in another century.”

— Emil M. Cioran

“Historians predict the past for a living.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“since historians must and ought to be exact, truthful, and absolutely free of passions, for neither interest, fear, rancor, nor affection should make them…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Historians tell the story of the past, novelists the story of the present.

— Edmond de Goncourt

History is full of really good stories. That's the main reason I got into this racket: I want to make the argument that history…

— Sarah Vowell