History Quote by Sheri S. Tepper

“Things just happen, one after another. They don't care who knows. But history ... ah, history is different. History has to be observed. Otherwise…

— Terry Pratchett

“History is humankind trying to get a grip. Obviously not easy. But it could go better if you would pay a little more attention…

— Kim Stanley Robinson

“History has to be observed. Otherwise it’s not history. It’s just … well, things happening one after another.”

— Terry Pratchett

“History is personal . . . All that you are seeing is what's before you, the rest is guesswork.”

— Alice Hoffman

“Isn't history breaking so fast that you have to anticipate it?”

— Joseph McElroy

“History isn't all fact--it's just the story the victors tell to keep themselves in power. And it's been a slow revision. The more time…

— Heather Anastasiu

“History is what people want to remember.”

— Jane Stevenson

“Nobody should ever try to second-guess history; the facts are fantastic enough.”

— Louis L'Amour

“I know that history is going to be dominated by an improbable event, I just don’t know what that event will be.”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“That's the way history works. People forget so easily. You start telling yourself a new version of the past, and after a while, it…

— Peter Tieryas

“History often has a difficult time catching up to the events it records.”

— Ladislas Farago

“But doesn’t the new information change the history?”

— Penny Reid