History Quote by Yuval Noah Harari

History abhors determinism but cannot tolerate chance.

— Bernard DeVoto

“If the future remains uncertain, we know the past history of nationalism. And that should be sufficient to encourage a habit of watchful suspicion.”

— Michael Billig

“History, too, has a penchant for giving birth to itself over and over again, and those whom it appoints agents of change and progress…

— Aberjhani

“Those who don't know history are destined to be tyrannized by it”

— Dean Cavanagh

“When you look at the past, the past will always be deterministic, since only one single observation took place.”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Historical determinism is a recipe for political quietism.

— Terry Eagleton

“The truth of history often likes to conceal itself in small coincidences.”

— Aldo Schiavone

“History is made only by those who oppose history (not by those who insert themselves into it, or even reshape it).”

— Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari

“Those who don’t know history may be bound to repeat it. But even people who know it may follow the same fate if they…

— Yanko Tsvetkov

“Humans make their own history, but not under circumstances of their choosing.”

— John Lanchester

“We should learn from history, but always look to the future, bearing in mind that our decisions will shape it.”

— Alexander Stubb

“History works on a long time scale, and at any given moment we can perceive its directions but imperfectly.”

— Daniel Walker Howe