History Quote by Siddhartha Mukherjee

“History can teach us so much, and yet we seem to learns so little.”

— Orrin Woodward

“Having no history, I decide, is a blessing. I wouldn’t want to be cursed with the memory of a lifetime of mistakes.”

— Anne Heltzel

“These people have history and I crave history. I crave someone knowing me so well that they can tell what I'm thinking.”

— Melina Marchetta

“I am captivated more by dreams of the future then history of the past.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“This is the best reason to learn history: not in order to predict the future, but to free yourself of the past and imagine…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“It's the people who never learn the word impossible who make history, because they're the ones who keep trying.”

— Leigh Bardugo

“I have always thought that if I had been allowed to read history more constantly, instead of losing my time in studies for which…

— Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon

“History is funny that way. Things that seem far off and impossible have a way of turning out to be bearer and more possible…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

“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

“We cannot help but be interested in the stories of people that history pushes aside so thoughtlessly.”

— Min Jin Lee

“As a reminder, that sometimes, history gives great enough opportunity to those with ideals and who struggle to test their ability to realize their…

— Anonymous

“I knew I seemed a fairly unlikely candidate for an adventure into the unknown. And secretly I doubted that I had what it took,…

— Jamie Zeppa