History Quote by Norman Davies

One of the reasons we do history, in fact, is because it acts as a brake, a control, on our otherwise unbridled enthusiasm for…

— N. T. Wright

I've always been intrigued by the way history works, the way we decide what is mentioned.

— Rita Dove

“If somebody is telling you there is one history, one people & one version of events, you should consider what side of history that…

— Sara Ellie MacKenzie

Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.

— Gael Garcia Bernal

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

History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.

— Ted Koppel

As a community organizer who holds a degree in history, I understand the fascination with history. However, there is a tendency for many of…

— Opal Tometi

“A lot of what we know to be history isn’t…it serves a purpose. Events are exaggerated, heroes fabricated, goals are rewritten to appear more…

— Louise Penny

History is the fiction we invent to persuade ourselves that events are knowable and that life has order and direction. That's why events are…

— Bill Watterson

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

History must not be written with bias, and both sides must be given, even if there is only one side.

— John Betjeman

When unique voices are united in a common cause, they make history.

— Gloria Steinem