History Quote by P. J. O'Rourke

There's a good reason why nobody studies history, it just teaches you too much.

— Noam Chomsky

I love history but was taught badly at school.

— Cathy Newman

I was very good at history, often scoring 99 out of 100, whereas in mathematics, I usually scored zero.

— Hamsalekha

“If you want to do well in school and you’re passionate about math, you need to stop working on it to make sure you…

— Eric Barker

In the words of a very famous dead person, 'A nation that does not know its history is doomed to do poorly on the…

— Dave Barry

In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge; nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course of conversation, unless he has never…

— George Mikes

The history of mathematics is a history of horrendously difficult problems being solved by young people too ignorant to know that they were impossible.

— Freeman Dyson

Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled.

— Barbara Tuchman

I studied history when I was at school, at A-level, actually. I wouldn't profess to being very knowledgeable though, no.

— Kit Harington

History education in schools is so poor that students often enter college ignorant of the past - and leave just as unenlightened.

— Max Boot

Even getting a college degree does not guarantee a minimal knowledge of U.S. history.

— Max Boot

History makes one wise, but not competent to solve concrete problems.

— Ludwig von Mises