Accounts Quote by R. A. Salvatore

emotion clouds the rational, and many perspectives guide the full reality. To view current events as a historian is to account for all perspectives,…

— Anonymous

“Even so, I think historians have more to offer than perspective on our present woes. The foreign country we call the past also lets…

— Rutger Bregman

“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

History is what we bring to it, not just the events themselves, but how we interpret those events.

— Robert Harris

Our view of history diminishes the reality of the past. We concentrate on the historic event as something that has happened, and in so…

— Ian Mortimer

History lets you know exactly where you are today. And if you pay attention to it, it gives you a broad perspective of everyone.…

— Baron Davis

Being a historian, if only for the day, teaches you useful things like judgment, and the ability to detect when someone is lying to…

— Lucy Worsley

I believe one must always put events into perspective.

— Robert Pires

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

Historians will handle a much wider range of sources than a biographer and will be covering a broader spectrum of events, time, peoples.

— Claire Tomalin

I've always been interested in foreign relations. It's my belief that study of history should be our preparation for understanding the present rather than…

— Elizabeth Kostova

I'm a historian in my own mind.

— Quentin Tarantino