Folks Quote by Morgan Parker

Very often history is a means of denying the past.

— Jeanette Winterson

History is, and has always been trameled by facts. It may ignore some and deny others; but it cannot accommodate itself unreservedly to theories;…

— Agnes Repplier

Some say, 'Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.' I say, 'Those who ignore history are in for a big surprise.'

— Stephen Colbert

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.

— George Santayana

One has to confront history honestly.

— Wole Soyinka

Caution in handling generally accepted opinions that claim to explain whole trends of history is especially important for the historian of modern times, because…

— Hannah Arendt

A lot of what we think of as history is actually just a version of events which may or may not be true.

— Sandi Toksvig

Even if people tell me they have historical proof [that it is not historical], that doesn't really bother me.

— Elie Wiesel

History seems not so much a record of past events, more a catalogue of preferred beliefs expounded by people who have a vested interest.

— Anthony Storr

“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

History is nothing more than the belief in the senses, the belief in falsehood.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

History is made by those who say no.

— Jon Savage