Active people don't change the world profoundly; ideas do. Napoleon is less important in world history than Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Michel Houellebecq activechangehistory Change image and share on social
When we work with history, to a very great degree we are all guessing. But by using motifs of time and history in a fantasy setting, we are acknowledging that this educated guesswork, invention, fantasy underlie our treatment of the past and its peoples - and we are not claiming a right to do with them as we will. Guy Gavriel Kay acknowledgeclaimdegree share on social
History shows that nations are more fragile than their citizens think. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time. Richard Lamm citizenfragilehistory Change image and share on social
I had a minor in Russian history, and this was at the time when the big Cold War was going on. Kevin J. Anderson bigcoldhistory Change image and share on social
What we normally define as history doesn't interest me. It's a constraint. David Christian constraintdefinehistory Change image and share on social
In Haiti, as I understand it, storytelling and history itself are not a business of necessarily elucidating facts or the truth of an incident, but finding the version that is most entertaining and therefore will get retold and live in immortality. John Edgar Wideman businesselucidateentertain share on social
In the closing years of the nineteenth century, African-American historians began to look at their people's history from their vantage point and their point of view. John Henrik Clarke africanamericanbegin Change image and share on social
I'm mostly concentrating now on continuing to make history in Hip-Hop, making everybody proud of me, I'm not just a rapper now, I'm in history now. Big Pun concentratecontinuehip Change image and share on social
In my generation, history was taught in terms of grand figures, men on whom the destiny of the nation hinged, quintessential heroes. Barry Unsworth destinyfiguregeneration Change image and share on social
We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it's time to turn the page. Barack Obama ashebearbegin share on social