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Historians Quotes

History, in spite of the occasional protest of historians, will always be used in a general way as a collection of political and moral precedents Picture Quote #1

All historians, even the most scientific, have bias, if in no other sense than the determination not to have any Picture Quote #1

Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history - revisionist historians is what I like to call them Picture Quote #1

Scholars and historians have dubbed the last 100 years the American Century, and I think there can be little doubt that the Council on Foreign Relations helped to make it so Picture Quote #1

Historians don’t really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that the likelihood of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe was extremely, extremely low Picture Quote #1

The astrologers and historians write that the ascendant as of Oxford is Capricornus, whose lord is Saturn, a religious planet, and patron of religious men Picture Quote #1

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In the more recently disclosed field of history in the ancient Near East, however, there has been no such sense of responsibility displayed by historians either in Europe or America Picture Quote #1

To what degree are historians chroniclers of the truth and to what degree are they just novelists, frankly Picture Quote #1

As far as I’m concerned, the 20th century was performance-driven, but for some reason, the critics and historians didn’t know how to integrate that Picture Quote #1

There’s no such thing as history, only historians. That’s how we know about the past Picture Quote #1

Since Caesar, we know his historians are liars. The good writers get read. Bad history doesn’t get read Picture Quote #1

Historians will likely give Obama credit for steering the country away from the brink of economic collapse in 2009 Picture Quote #1

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How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them from circumstantial or vulgar historians Picture Quote #1

I know historians aren’t supposed to fall in love with their own theories, but I was head over heels about the notion of an entire band of female French agents, like a nineteenth-century Charlie’s Angels. Only better. It made the Pink Carnation’s organization look positively humdrum Picture Quote #1

In 325 A.D., the Roman Emperor Constantine decided to unify Rome under a single religion ... Historians still marvel at the brilliance with which Constantine converted the sun-worshipping pagans to Christianity. By fusing pagan symbols, dates, and rituals into the growing Christian tradition, he created a kind of hybrid religion that was acceptable to both parties Picture Quote #1

Is there any possibility of giving international air travel, which we all need and use and hate, a touch of glamour, or even of reliable, soulless efficiency? I suspect future historians will puzzle over our failure. But by then, of course, we shall be in the age of mass space travel, with its fresh and unimaginable crop of horrors Picture Quote #1

If experiments are performed thousands of times at all seasons and in every place without once producing the effects mentioned by your philosophers, poets, and historians, this will mean nothing and we must believe their words rather than our own eyes? Picture Quote #1

Part of what made the Macintosh great was that the people working on it were musicians, poets, and artists, and zoologists, and historians. They also happened to be the best computer scientists in the world. But if it hadn’t been computer science, these people would have been doing amazing things in other fields Picture Quote #1

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Scholars and historians have dubbed the last 100 years the American Century, and I think there can be little doubt that the Council on Foreign Relations helped to make it so Picture Quote #1

Quite apart from any conscious program, the great cultural historians have always been historical morphologists: seekers after theforms of life, thought, custom, knowledge, art Picture Quote #1

In the more recently disclosed field of history in the ancient Near East, however, there has been no such sense of responsibility displayed by historians either in Europe or America Picture Quote #1

I don’t think the revisionist historians are accurate. I think their agendas are clouded by selfishness and anger and rage Picture Quote #1

Since German reunification in 1990, historians and researchers have been free to work in the East, where the lost Nazi art collection disappeared Picture Quote #1

One of the ultimate challenges of biology is to understand how the brain becomes consciously aware of perception, experience and emotion. But it is equally conceivable that the exchange would be useful for the beholders of art, for people who enjoy art, for historians, and for the artists themselves Picture Quote #1

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Historians once assumed that when childhood mortality was high, people must not have loved their children very much; it would have been too painful. Research has since proved that assumption wrong Picture Quote #1

When future historians look back on our way of curing inflation...they’ll probably compare it to bloodletting in the Middle Ages Picture Quote #1

Since Caesar, we know his historians are liars. The good writers get read. Bad history doesn’t get read Picture Quote #1

It is also the fate of leadership to be misunderstood. For historians, academics, writers and journalists to reflect great lives according to their own subjective canon Picture Quote #1

Fortunately, historians are now beginning to recognise the historic role of Islam as a liberating force for peoples oppressed by the burdens of unjust social systems Picture Quote #1

Americans tend to use nation as a synonym for country. But political scientists and historians, as well as many Europeans, tend to use the term for a much more specific phenomenon: a group of people who feel they belong together, whether they have a country of their own or not Picture Quote #1

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History, in spite of the occasional protest of historians, will always be used in a general way as a collection of political and moral precedents (Historians Quotes) All historians, even the most scientific, have bias, if in no other sense than the determination not to have any (Historians Quotes) Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history - revisionist historians is what I like to call them (Historians Quotes) Scholars and historians have dubbed the last 100 years the American Century, and I think there can be little doubt that the Council on Foreign Relations helped to make it so (Historians Quotes) Historians don’t really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that the likelihood of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe was extremely, extremely low (Historians Quotes) The astrologers and historians write that the ascendant as of Oxford is Capricornus, whose lord is Saturn, a religious planet, and patron of religious men (Historians Quotes) In the more recently disclosed field of history in the ancient Near East, however, there has been no such sense of responsibility displayed by historians either in Europe or America (Historians Quotes) To what degree are historians chroniclers of the truth and to what degree are they just novelists, frankly (Historians Quotes) As far as I’m concerned, the 20th century was performance-driven, but for some reason, the critics and historians didn’t know how to integrate that (Historians Quotes) There’s no such thing as history, only historians. That’s how we know about the past (Historians Quotes) Since Caesar, we know his historians are liars. The good writers get read. Bad history doesn’t get read (Historians Quotes) Historians will likely give Obama credit for steering the country away from the brink of economic collapse in 2009 (Historians Quotes) How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them from circumstantial or vulgar historians (Historians Quotes) I know historians aren’t supposed to fall in love with their own theories, but I was head over heels about the notion of an entire band of female French agents, like a nineteenth-century Charlie’s Angels. Only better. It made the Pink Carnation’s organization look positively humdrum (Historians Quotes) In 325 A.D., the Roman Emperor Constantine decided to unify Rome under a single religion ... Historians still marvel at the brilliance with which Constantine converted the sun-worshipping pagans to Christianity. By fusing pagan symbols, dates, and rituals into the growing Christian tradition, he created a kind of hybrid religion that was acceptable to both parties (Historians Quotes) Is there any possibility of giving international air travel, which we all need and use and hate, a touch of glamour, or even of reliable, soulless efficiency? I suspect future historians will puzzle over our failure. But by then, of course, we shall be in the age of mass space travel, with its fresh and unimaginable crop of horrors. (Historians Quotes) If experiments are performed thousands of times at all seasons and in every place without once producing the effects mentioned by your philosophers, poets, and historians, this will mean nothing and we must believe their words rather than our own eyes? (Historians Quotes) Part of what made the Macintosh great was that the people working on it were musicians, poets, and artists, and zoologists, and historians. They also happened to be the best computer scientists in the world. But if it hadn’t been computer science, these people would have been doing amazing things in other fields. (Historians Quotes) Scholars and historians have dubbed the last 100 years the American Century, and I think there can be little doubt that the Council on Foreign Relations helped to make it so. (Historians Quotes) Quite apart from any conscious program, the great cultural historians have always been historical morphologists: seekers after theforms of life, thought, custom, knowledge, art. (Historians Quotes) In the more recently disclosed field of history in the ancient Near East, however, there has been no such sense of responsibility displayed by historians either in Europe or America. (Historians Quotes) I don’t think the revisionist historians are accurate. I think their agendas are clouded by selfishness and anger and rage. (Historians Quotes) Since German reunification in 1990, historians and researchers have been free to work in the East, where the lost Nazi art collection disappeared. (Historians Quotes) One of the ultimate challenges of biology is to understand how the brain becomes consciously aware of perception, experience and emotion. But it is equally conceivable that the exchange would be useful for the beholders of art, for people who enjoy art, for historians, and for the artists themselves. (Historians Quotes) Historians once assumed that when childhood mortality was high, people must not have loved their children very much; it would have been too painful. Research has since proved that assumption wrong. (Historians Quotes) When future historians look back on our way of curing inflation...they’ll probably compare it to bloodletting in the Middle Ages. (Historians Quotes) Since Caesar, we know his historians are liars. The good writers get read. Bad history doesn’t get read. (Historians Quotes) It is also the fate of leadership to be misunderstood. For historians, academics, writers and journalists to reflect great lives according to their own subjective canon. (Historians Quotes) Fortunately, historians are now beginning to recognise the historic role of Islam as a liberating force for peoples oppressed by the burdens of unjust social systems. (Historians Quotes) Americans tend to use nation as a synonym for country. But political scientists and historians, as well as many Europeans, tend to use the term for a much more specific phenomenon: a group of people who feel they belong together, whether they have a country of their own or not. (Historians Quotes)

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