Argument Quote by Sarah Vowell

History is a long and endlessly interesting argument, where evidence is everything and storytelling is everything else.

— Jill Lepore

History is the art of making an argument about the past by telling a story accountable to evidence. In the writing of history, a…

— Jill Lepore

The highest and noblest thing that history can be is a good story.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

I love history because when you strip away the social and political aspects, it's really just a bunch of fun stories.

— Duff Goldman

History is more interesting than most people think.

— Tansy Rayner Roberts

I'm a person who enjoys history, and history is very important to us - very very important it's about making judgement on history. It's…

— Lindsay Hoyle

History is full of blank spaces, but good stories, invariably, are not.

— Sara Sheridan

I like stories. I like to figure out how history ties to the present.

— Jim Nantz

I tend to like to read history - recent history, because I find that much more intriguing than just a writer's imagination.

— Jesse Ventura

History is just fascinating. I love it.

— Gregg Wallace

Every work of history is a combination of argument and narrative. The longer I write, the more I emphasize the narrative, the story, and…

— H. W. Brands

History can be helpful in making sense of the world we live in. It can also be fascinating, even fun.

— Margaret MacMillan