Forgotten Quote by Peter Morgan

Historians have become far too precious. Their work has become ever more specialised and, as they steadily lose the context of their studies, they…

— David Starkey

History gets reinterpreted as time goes on. Many times, the participants are lost in the retelling of the story.

— Buzz Aldrin

While historians may go on attempting grand, sweeping and defining narratives, they work in a time when readers know that another narrative always lies…

— Colm Toibin

“Though historians occasionally try their hand at prophecy (without notable success), the study of history aims above all to make us aware of possibilities…

— Yuval Noah Harari

The writing of history is largely a process of diversion. Most historical accounts distract attention from the secret influences behind great events.

— Frank Herbert

I feel slightly uneasy at the way historians are consulted as if history is going to repeat itself. It never does.

— Antony Beevor

To write history is as important as to make history. It is an unchanging truth that if the writer does not remain true to…

— Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

“Recent fads in history and biography have increasingly exalted the aridity of chronology and fact, and have, with some valid reason, rejected romanticizing and…

— Markham Shaw Pyle

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

— Gael Garcia Bernal

History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.

— Otto von Bismarck

“Some history-making is intentional; much of it is accidental. People make history when they scale a mountain, ignite a bomb, or refuse to move…

— Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten. ...What is interesting is brought forward as if it had been central…

— George Santayana