History Quote by Michael Portillo

“History may well be a series of stories we tell about the past, but the stories are not just any stories. They're not chosen…

— Thomas King

Plenty of people are intrigued by their family history. Growing up as the son of West Indian immigrants who moved to London in the…

— David Lammy

“If we look at some of the most celebrated or prolific story originators of all time, we find among them a surprising number of…

— Sacha Coward

I wanted to know who my people were. And I - I think like a lot of Americans - thought that I could find…

— Alex Wagner

History is the record of encounters between character and circumstance.

— Donald Creighton

“I have known tolerably well, a good many “successful” men—“ big” financially—men famous during the last half-century, and a less interesting crowd I do…

— Richard White

I met my wife, Jennifer, while sitting next to her on the airplane on the way to England. I was heading to Oxford as…

— Derek Kilmer

History is the record of an encounter between character and circumstances.

— Donald Creighton

In 1975, which was the height of the women's movement, I thought I'd write a book on women's history. But in searching for a…

— Stephanie Coontz

As a curator, I've met endless people who feel a 'special connection' with Anne Boleyn, or Victorian prostitutes, or various other unlikely candidates.

— Lucy Worsley

The only way to find out anything about what kinds of lives people led in any given period is to tunnel into their records…

— John Dos Passos

“History was composed of events like this and you revealed your age by how far back you could remember. Was it the searches on…

— Mark Sennen