Top 465 History Quotes

If history is any indication, all truths will eventually turn out to be false.

If history is any indication, all truths will eventually turn out to be false.

Dean Kamen

In a certain way, novelists become unacknowledged historians, because we talk about small, tiny, little anonymous moments that won't necessarily make it into the history books.

In a certain way, novelists become unacknowledged historians, because we talk about small, tiny, little anonymous moments that won't necessarily make it into the history books.

Colum McCann

The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.

The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.

Jacques Chirac

The visual information of art history is going to students seamlessly, without the enormous trouble those of us who are older had when we studied art history many years ago.

The visual information of art history is going to students seamlessly, without the enormous trouble those of us who are older had when we studied art history many years ago.

Robert Nelson

No TV show in history, no movie ever made - nothing you can imagine as being written or filmed or performed can turn a normal human being into a Dexter.

No TV show in history, no movie ever made - nothing you can imagine as being written or filmed or performed can turn a normal human being into a Dexter.

Jeff Lindsay

Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.

Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.

H. L. Mencken

So many people of color who made major contributions to American history have been trapped in the purgatory of history.

So many people of color who made major contributions to American history have been trapped in the purgatory of history.

Henry Louis Gates

We are always the same age inside.

We are always the same age inside.

Gertrude Stein

I have three libraries. As a gift, a friend alphabetized and organized my main library of novels, history books, and nonfiction. Then I have a photo-book collection. Then there's this nearly whole room of my childhood books. I've also got cookbooks and a big collection of horse-related books.

Sally Mann

I think that show will go down in history... people will scratch their heads and say 'How did this ever get on the air?' I mean, they finally have a planet that's populated with a black race and then they present them as savage warriors, and the men want the white girl!

Denise Crosby

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