Quotes about Historical

History is a vast early warning system. Votes: 4

Historical determinism is a recipe for political quietism. Votes: 4

Historical knowledge is indispensable for those who want to build a better world Votes: 4

Historical methodology, as I see it, is a product of common sense applied to circumstances. Votes: 4

Historical capitalism is a materialist civilization. Votes: 3

Historical awareness is a kind of resurrection. Votes: 3

Historical experience is written in blood and iron. Votes: 3

Historical revisionists find what they set out to find. Votes: 3

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it. Votes: 3

The Feminist Standpoint: Developing the Ground for a Specifically Feminist Historical Materialism Votes: 3

Historical and public memory is not merely on the side of domination. Votes: 3

Historical truth and the marketing needs of the movie and television industry remain fundamentally incompatible. Votes: 3

Historical atrocities have certainly shown that dehumanizing any group is the first step toward genocide. Votes: 3

Historical methodology, as I see it, is a product of common sense applied to circumstances. Votes: 3

I'm a big fan of historical fiction stuff. Historical battles - 'Gladiators,' 'The Patriot.' Votes: 3

Historical truth, for him, is not what has happened; it is what we judge to have happened. Votes: 3

Everything is cyclical. Historical eras go through times of intense cynicism, broken by periods of intense idealism. Votes: 3

Historical exclusivity often has a way of turning into present and institutionalized tragedy. Whose story gets told matters. Votes: 3

Historical hypocrites have themselves carried out the very human rights abuses that they suddenly decide warrant intervention elsewhere. Votes: 3

Historical fiction is not history. You're blending real events and actual historical personages with characters of your own creation. Votes: 3

Historical truth is that, and that alone, which reveals the forces that go to mould the social life of mankind. Votes: 3

Historical! Must it be historical to catch your attention? Even though historicity, like notoriety, denotes nothing more than thatsomething has occurred. Votes: 3

Historical fiction is not only a respectable literary form; it is a standing reminder of the fact that history is about human beings. Votes: 3

Historical novels, in particular, allow us to relive the past without the neatness of history, and with all the complexity of the present. Votes: 3

The memory of the Second World War hangs over Europe, an inescapable and irresistible point of reference. Historical parallels are usually misleading and dangerous. Votes: 3

Historical fiction is actually good preparation for reading SF. Both the historical novelist and the science fiction writer are writing about worlds unlike our own. Votes: 3

Historical investigation has for its aim to fix the order and character of events throughout past time and in all places. The task is frankly superhuman. Votes: 3

Historical investigation and literary criticism have taken the magic out of the Bible and have made it a composite human book, written by many hands in different ages. Votes: 3

Historical tends to be my bailiwick. Votes: 2

There is nothing more dangerous than security. Votes: 2

It's a very good historical book about history. Votes: 2

God cannot alter the past, though historians can. Votes: 2

Historical explanation is not identical with moral judgment. Votes: 2

Historical gap is created due to missing written records. Votes: 2

A stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories. Votes: 2

Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act. Votes: 2

History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided. Votes: 2

The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice. Votes: 2

The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. Votes: 2

Historical analogy is the last refuge of people who can't grasp the current situation. Votes: 2

The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it. Votes: 2

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies. Votes: 2

History is a mighty dramos, enacted upon the theatre of times, with suns for lamps and eternity for a background. Votes: 2

A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years. Votes: 2

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history. Votes: 2

You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution. Votes: 2

History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians. Votes: 2

My final historical romance came out December 2005. While I enjoyed writing medieval romances, I was also dying to write something with more edge. Votes: 2

A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible. Votes: 2

After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it. Votes: 2

Any Southern nationalist movement, especially one that wraps itself in the Confederate flag, is going to be viewed with suspicion, given the historical record. Votes: 2

History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside. Votes: 2

To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to dispute. Votes: 2

Because the New Testament provides the primary historical source for information on the resurrection, many critics during the 19th century attacked the reliability of these biblical documents. Votes: 2

Certainly all historical experience confirms the truth - that man would not have attained the possible unless time and again he had reached out for the impossible. Votes: 2

We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice. Votes: 2

Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government. Votes: 2

According to this view, democracy is a product of western culture, and it cannot be applied to the Middle East which has a different cultural, religious, sociological and historical background. Votes: 2

It is this conception of the unity of the human career which is perhaps the greatest achievement of historical study, since it gained a place analogous to that of natural science. Votes: 2

That one woman is capable of loving another is an historical truth; but never yet lived one who could not listen to her own praises at the expense of her adored friend. Votes: 2

The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy. Votes: 2

First and foremost, telling historical stories is very tricky because it is something that is known. It is not like you can tell a lie or change something that is written in black and white. Votes: 2

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country. Votes: 2

People should have freedom in their pilgrimages and tours. They should come and visit historical monuments and sites - let's say the sites around Iran - where they can easily engage in wide- scale contacts with others. Votes: 2

Due to the fact that I experienced personally the situation of a political prisoner, I have an historical commitment to all those that were or are prisoners just because they expressed their views, their public opinion, their own opinions. Votes: 2

In becoming a citizen, one undertakes certain duties and responsibilities. One of the more intangible of those duties and responsibilities is no matter what one's birth and background, to accept the historical past of the new country as one's own. Votes: 2

Love is understood, in a historical way, as one of the great human vocations - but its counterspell has always been infidelity. This terrible, terrible betrayal that can tear apart not only another person, not only oneself, but whole families. Votes: 2

But all the other frenzies of passions-impious both toward the bodies and toward the sexes-beyond the laws of nature, we banish not only from the threshold, but from all shelter of the Church, because they are not sins, but monstrosities. Votes: 2

I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic makeup, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question. Votes: 2

Another important historical factor is the fact that this already very simple religion was further simplified and purified by the early philosophers of ancient China. Our first great philosopher was a founder of naturalism; and our second great philosopher was an agnostic. Votes: 2

No, this customary aim of research by excavators is completely foreign to the historical work with which I am occupied... my sole and only aim is to be able to establish a historical fact, on which I disagree with some eminent historians and geographers. Votes: 2

I've found that using historical material and being rooted in historical material is liberating because I always think to myself, 'Well, this actually happened, and this is fantastic!' That's why I don't like fantasy, in a way. Because it's sort of in emptiness. Votes: 2

It is a historical error for those who were not there to just refer to August 28th as 'I Have a Dream' speech day. That is a real disservice to those who were there. It was a sad day. It was not a celebration environment. Votes: 2

Critical and liberating dialogue, which presupposes action, must be carried on with the oppressed at whatever the stage of their struggle for liberation. The content of that dialogue can and should vary in accordance with historical conditions and the level at which the oppressed perceive reality. Votes: 2

Epilepsy is a disease in the shadows. Patients are often reluctant to admit their condition - even to close family, friends or co-workers - because there's still a great deal of stigma and mystery surrounding the disease that plagued such historical figures as Julius Caesar, Edgar Allan Poe and Lewis Carroll. Votes: 2

Easter' is a movable event, calculated by the relative positions of sun and moon, an impossible way of fixing year by year the anniversary of a historical event, but a very natural and indeed inevitable way of calculating a solar festival. These changing dates do not point to the history of a man, but to the hero of a solar myth. Votes: 2

The technotronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values. Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen. These files will be subject to instantaneous retrieval by the authorities. Votes: 2

In terms of the historical record, I should also point out that there is no account in any ancient source whatsoever about King Herod slaughtering children in or around Bethlehem, or anyplace else. No other author, biblical or otherwise, mentions this event. Is it, like John's account of Jesus' death, a detail made up by Matthew in order to make some kind of theological point? Votes: 2

What is history but a fable agreed upon? Votes: 1

There are very few critics who have historical context or authority. Votes: 1

I cannot look at modern buildings without thinking of historical ones. Votes: 1

We may feel the pain of falling back from a level of affluence to which we have grown accustomed, but most people in developed countries are still, by historical standards, extraordinarily well off. Votes: 1

All societies are historical. Votes: 0

All typefaces are historical. Votes: 0

I just love historical fiction. Votes: 0

You accept the historical Jesus? Votes: 0

I like writing historical fiction. Votes: 0

Judaism is an historical religion. Votes: 0

I invented the historical spy novel. Votes: 0

I like mythology - anything historical. Votes: 0

Hanging out is good historical methodology. Votes: 0

No historical analogies are exactly precise. Votes: 0

1975 is as much a historical document as 1803. Votes: 0

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks. Votes: 0

Boredom and fatigue are great historical forces. Votes: 0

I've always been drawn to historical fiction. Votes: 0

Plato wove historical fact into literary myth. Votes: 0

I love historical romance, absolutely love it. Votes: 0

My drug of choice is historical research. Votes: 0

The psychoanalytic method is essentially a historical method. Votes: 0

Current utility and historical origin are different subjects. Votes: 0

Stupidity is sometimes the greatest of historical forces. Votes: 0

I like historical things; I like researching things. Votes: 0

Abigail Adams could become my favorite historical sleuth. Votes: 0

The really historical performance would talk to ghosts. Votes: 0

Clothes make the body both mysterious and historical. Votes: 0

In any film there's always a historical implication. Votes: 0

I like the stories with the historical themes. Votes: 0

I am not very moved by historical apologies. Votes: 0

Our thinking is permeated by our historical myths Votes: 0

I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan, Votes: 0

The New Testament is not a historical document. Votes: 0

Any historical narrative is a bundle of silences. Votes: 0

I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan. Votes: 0

My likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin Votes: 0

I like the idea of playing a historical detective. Votes: 0

My mind does not easily accept stately historical processions. Votes: 0

Computers have cut-and-paste functions. So does right-wing historical memory. Votes: 0

I have certainly amassed many historical research gathering skills. Votes: 0

Capitalism is first and foremost a historical social system. Votes: 0

The reporters are needed to validate the historical record. Votes: 0

Many of the historical proverbs have a doubtful paternity. Votes: 0

I love England and the historical aspect of it. Votes: 0

There's no such thing as a perfect historical film. Votes: 0

Collins masterfully blends fact and fiction...transcends the historical thriller. Votes: 0

I visit English country churchyards where historical figures are buried. Votes: 0

I love writing Christmas stories, especially of the historical variety. Votes: 0

Yes, Socialists should defend their country in great historical crises. Votes: 0

The historical orthodox Christian faith is extremely wide and diverse, Votes: 0

The historical debate is over. The answer is free-market capitalism. Votes: 0

Most people don't like to talk about violent historical death. Votes: 0

I don't think the British carry a historical consciousness either. Votes: 0

Every age that has historical status is governed by aristocracies. Votes: 0

Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent. Votes: 0

The apostolic writings are of three kinds: historical, didactic, and prophetic. Votes: 0

That the apostolic office is temporary, is a plain historical fact. Votes: 0

As an historical novelist "“ there are few jobs more retrospective. Votes: 0

Every historical moment needs the stories to be told about it. Votes: 0

For man as an historical creature has desires of indeterminate dimensions. Votes: 0

Most people's historical perspective begins with the day of their birth. Votes: 0

One of my great passions is the collection of historical trivia. Votes: 0

I'd like to do something impossible rather than just something historical. Votes: 0

That Krishna himself was a historical figure is indeed quite indubitable. Votes: 0

We encounter great souls, who lived in historical times, in ancient books. Votes: 0

I don't write fantasy; I write historical novels about an imaginary place. Votes: 0

What distinguishes the historian from the collector of historical facts is generalization. Votes: 0

The greatest humanistic and historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves... Votes: 0

Memory as an inversion of historical time is the essence of interiority. Votes: 0

Purely historical thought is nihilistic; it wholeheartedly accepts the evil of history. Votes: 0

I love historical movies. I want to make a violent medieval epic. Votes: 0

I think I honestly invented my own genre, the historical spy novel. Votes: 0

There is no useful information contained in historical price movements of securities. Votes: 0

For me, Dracula has always been associated with travel and beautiful historical places. Votes: 0

My books fall in the wobbly middle between historical fiction and historical romance. Votes: 0

[We need] to keep immigration levels measured by population share within historical norms. Votes: 0

Actually my first eight books were historical novels, but they were never published. Votes: 0

Actually my first eight books were historical novels, but they were never published Votes: 0

Today, in American imperialism, the commodity has reached its most grandiose historical manifestation. Votes: 0

Fantasy. Lunacy.All revolutions are, until they happen, then they are historical inevitabilities. Votes: 0

For a long time, I've been interested in cultural memory and historical erasure. Votes: 0

A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts. Votes: 0

The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire. Votes: 0

We are no longer dealing with historical events, but with places of collapse. Votes: 0

A lack of the historical sense is the hereditary fault of all philosophers. Votes: 0

Intellectual neutrality is not possible in a historical world of exploitation and oppression. Votes: 0

All revolutions are the sheerest fantasy until they happen; then they become historical inevitabilities. Votes: 0

Anti-Semitism has no historical, political and certainly no philosophical origins. Anti-Semitism is a disease. Votes: 0

I have long been active in and supportive of conservation and historical preservation causes. Votes: 0

For many women, the experience of prostitution stems from the historical trauma of colonization. Votes: 0

And finally, it was Deuteronomy that brought about the historical result of Josiah's reformation. Votes: 0

I'd love to do historical pictures more, but I don't know if I can. Votes: 0

I am not someone who believes I am going to find a historical scoop. Votes: 0

Speaking as a mixed-race woman, there aren't many historical stories about people like me. Votes: 0

The church lives because it witholds the results of the historical Jesus-research from you Votes: 0

There are interesting scientific and historical connections between these things that I just love. Votes: 0

Your woodlot is, in fact, an historical document which faithfully records your personal philosophy. Votes: 0

The chief practical use of history is to deliver us from plausible historical analogies. Votes: 0

There is a difference between what technology enables and what historical business practices enable. Votes: 0

But every historical statement and legitimization itself moves within a certain relation to history. Votes: 0

At the end of the day, I had to remain dedicated to historical accuracy. Votes: 0

My sex life is so bad, my G-spot has been declared a historical landmark. Votes: 0

History tells us what people do; historical fiction helps us imagine how they felt. Votes: 0

I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film. Votes: 0

It is historical continuity that maintains most assumptions, not repeated assessment of their validity. Votes: 0

Nothing will ever top 'The Wire.' It was historical. It was black cinema. Votes: 0

It can be a long gap between the emergence of fully researched historical biographies. Votes: 0

Who does not know that the first law of historical writing is the truth. Votes: 0

The recalcitrant forces in the historical drama have a power and persistence beyond our reckoning. Votes: 0

In individuals as in nations, contentment is silent, which tends to unbalance the historical record. Votes: 0

Marxian Socialism and Bolshevism are two historical phenomena which have hardly a single common denominator. Votes: 0

In individuals as in nations, contentment is silent, which tends to unbalance the historical record. Votes: 0

One of the delightful things about Americans is that they have absolutely no historical memory. Votes: 0

Like, I took no poetic license with 'Schindler's List' because that was historical, factual documents. Votes: 0

I really love to make sweeping historical gestures that are like little illustrations of novels. Votes: 0

The sense of historical continuity, and a feeling for philosophical rectitude cannot, however, be compromised. Votes: 0

Without the meditative background that is criticism, works become isolated gestures, historical accidents, soon forgotten. Votes: 0

I've played so many historical characters because most horrible dictators are short, fat, middle-aged men. Votes: 0

If we look too closely at many historical figures, we won't like what we see. Votes: 0

If you read any of my books, they tend to have a strong historical perspective. Votes: 0

The greatest of all historical shams is believing you can not do something you can. Votes: 0

I can't read historical fiction because I find the real thing so much more interesting. Votes: 0

There is no sociology worthy of the name which does not possess a historical character. Votes: 0

Nothing is easier to teach than historical method, but, when learned, it has little use. Votes: 0

I read a ton of fiction - historical, contemporary, literary, commercial, I love it all. Votes: 0

If History teaches any lesson at all, it is that there are no historical lessons. Votes: 0

In non-fiction you have to stay true to historical events, be they personal or national . Votes: 0

I'm a huge fan of Michael Hirst, and I'm a huge fan of historical drama. Votes: 0

But we cannot just take this historical fact for granted. We must make it live. Votes: 0

The trouble with the Socialist Workers Party is that they live in an historical thermos-flask. Votes: 0

To secure your historical standing, be sure you are the first to write about it. Votes: 0

As a publisher and author, I'm a big fan of historical fiction and also memoir. Votes: 0

Many of America's historical cornbreads were staple breads for people who didn't have many other options. Votes: 0

There's a lot more historical baggage to deal with as a wife than as a partner. Votes: 0

Christianity is a very historical religion - it makes specific claims that are open to testing. Votes: 0

Fear has a far greater grasp on human action than the impressive weight of historical evidence. Votes: 0

As a citizen of the post-historical variety, I am in continual mourning and prepared for worse. Votes: 0

I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying. Votes: 0

Abandoned by philosophy, politics, and sociology, historical determinism continues to hold out in formalist art criticism. Votes: 0

In general, I think my freedom of invention is not limited when I use historical characters. Votes: 0

With sci-fi you get these kind of stories in historical drama, and it's just so fabulous. Votes: 0

Susanne Alleyn's Game of Patience is a well-crafted historical mystery, authentic in every detail. Wonderfully entertaining. Votes: 0

Forgetfulness, and I would even say historical error, are essential in the creation of a nation. Votes: 0

Cultural anthropology is more and more rapidly getting to realize itself as a strictly historical science. Votes: 0

The great thing about really heightened historical dramas is that they can convey much larger themes. Votes: 0

Today's Politically Correct "historical Jesuses" are no different, being mere clones of the scholars who design them. Votes: 0

Now, whenever you read any historical document, you always evaluate it in light of the historical context. Votes: 0

Jung Chang was the first person to tell a grand historical, political story through a personal narrative. Votes: 0

No matter what happens, nothing can prevent the historical process by which society demands freedom and democracy, Votes: 0

That Man, who flees from truth, should have invented the mirror is the greatest of historical miracles. Votes: 0

One of the things I enjoy most about writing historical romance is researching inspiring backgrounds and settings. Votes: 0

You can never deny the immense talent, rock credibility and iconic historical contribution that Van Halen made. Votes: 0

Most actors are drawn towards historical tellings because it's one of the most simple forms of storytelling. Votes: 0

God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era. Votes: 0

Contemporary audiences, other than those making a deliberate historical leap, would find, say, the 1931 'Dracula' impossibly slow. Votes: 0

A word is nothing unless it has values and an atmosphere, unless you grasp its historical significance. Votes: 0

I've played all kinds of historical characters, but they are stuck in movies that aren't their movies. Votes: 0

When you travel, take many photographs of the place to have a historical memories of the place. Votes: 0

Research can be a big clunker. It's difficult to know how you can make the historical light. Votes: 0

Temeraire' is a terrific meld of two genres that I particularly love - fantasy and historical epic. Votes: 0

I always wanted to be historical, from almost a baby on, I felt that way about it ... Votes: 0

Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a given design. Votes: 0

The four great motives for writing prose are sheer egoism, esthetic enthusiasm, historical impulse, and political purpose. Votes: 0

Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place in museums; others, we take for walks. Votes: 0

You don't go to the movies to do historical research, unless it's historical research about the movies. Votes: 0

One of the things I like about doing historical films is drawing the line between now and then. Votes: 0

I taught English and history, so my education for that really helped prepare me for writing historical fiction. Votes: 0

I have always regarded historical fiction and fantasy as sisters under the skin, two genres separated at birth. Votes: 0

My composition often goes toward the black middle class or the black super-wealthy or strong historical black figures. Votes: 0

Genuine historical knowledge requires nobility of character, a profound understanding of human existence - not detachment and objectivity. Votes: 0

There's the historical part of The Beach Boys' music; it's pretty incredible, pretty vast and pretty varied too. Votes: 0

Millennias old lies can be gradually accepted as truth.This is the real ultimate power of historical engineering. Votes: 0

There is very strong historical data that suggests the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments. Votes: 0

The movement of nonviolent non-co-operation has nothing in common with the historical struggles for freedom in the West. Votes: 0

For me, writing historical fiction is all about finding a balance between reading, traveling, looking, imagining, and dreaming. Votes: 0

Most architects work in studios largely divorced from academia, as if ideas, criticism and historical research were irrelevant. Votes: 0

Backward is just not a natural direction for Americans to look - historical ignorance remains a national characteristic. Votes: 0

Communities of tract houses, plopped on a grid, represent a way of throwing historical forms around like bouillabaisse. Votes: 0

What would become of all historical biography if it was written only with consideration for other peoples' feelings? Votes: 0

Each generation of adolescents has at least two historical events that color its responses to whatever happens next. Votes: 0

Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history. Votes: 0

There is very strong historical data that suggest the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments. Votes: 0

Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history. Votes: 0

A novel is not, after all, a historical document, but a way to travel through the human heart. Votes: 0

The historical sense involves a perception, not only of the pastness of the past, but of its presence Votes: 0

... All that we may ever hope to establish in historical research are facts and conditions but never causes. Votes: 0

As an historical novelist - there are few jobs more retrospective. I dumped science at an early age. Votes: 0

As a historical legacy, the Kashmir conflict has been an outstanding issue for more than half a century. Votes: 0

A collection of masks, depicting historical figures in life and what I like to call the eternal repose. Votes: 0

My own being can be judged by the depths I reach in making these historical origins my own. Votes: 0

I've always been drawn to writing historical characters. The best stories are the ones you find in history. Votes: 0

I mean, Jesus was a white man too. He was a historical figure "” that's a verifiable fact. Votes: 0

What blinds us, or what makes historical progress very difficult, is our lack of awareness of our ignorance. Votes: 0

The White House is the people's house. When you do historical restoration, that must be what it is. Votes: 0

As much as I care about historical context - I'm very eager to read a really great historical account. Votes: 0

All the spookiness comes from giving a contemporary anachronistic sense to terms whose historical meaning is lost to us. Votes: 0

The historical data support one conclusion with unusual force: To invest with success, you must be a long-term investor. Votes: 0

The knife of historical relativism... which has cut to pieces all metaphysics and religion must also bring about healing. Votes: 0

What religion a man shall have is a historical accident, quite as much as what language he shall speak. Votes: 0

We are not capable of producing a concept of time that is at once cosmological, biological, historical and individual Votes: 0

The blurring of fact and fiction has great commercial potential, which is bound to be corrupting in historical terms. Votes: 0

I've never known, at least a modern historical instance, where the truth wasn't superior to distortion in every way. Votes: 0

Truth is always the first war casualty. The emotional disturbances and distortions in historical writing are greatest in wartime. Votes: 0

I suspect people would be in for a real shock if they knew the depths of [Obama's] historical ignorance. Votes: 0

Even if people tell me they have historical proof [that it is not historical], that doesn't really bother me. Votes: 0

Justice in holdings is historical; it depends upon what actually has happened. We shall return to this point later. Votes: 0

The historical approach to understanding of scientific fact is what differentiates the scholar in science from the mere experimenter. Votes: 0

What can realistically be done depends on the historical moment. The same is true with regard to the agents. Votes: 0

You can't play history and you can't play historical characters. You just have to reduce it to the ordinary. Votes: 0

The functional language is a radically anti-historical language: operational rationality has little room and little use for historical reason. Votes: 0

I think that Malcolm X was the most remarkable historical figure produced by Black America in the 20th century. Votes: 0

It's so damn hard to write a great historical mystery based on fact. It's not for lack of trying. Votes: 0

I try to take pictures on their own terms, considering the historical and social context from which they emerge. Votes: 0

The power of historical fiction for bad and for good can be immense in shaping consciousness of the past. Votes: 0

Ancient history, besides the still unequalled excellence of the writers, is the best instrument for cultivating the historical sense. Votes: 0

Ive spent my whole life working in a medium that was regarded with contempt largely because of historical reasons. Votes: 0

Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned. Votes: 0

Long historical books get written by women, but not contemporary experiments, which still seems to be a very male-dominated field. Votes: 0

Things are only mannequins and even the great world-historical events are only costumes beneath which they exchange glances with nothingness Votes: 0

Miracles have no claim whatever to the character of historical facts and are wholly invalid as evidence of any revelation. Votes: 0

Social media has created a historical shift from the historically powerful to the historically powerless. Now everyone has a voice. Votes: 0

Those who refuse to reform may not make mistakes, but they will be blamed for not assuming their historical responsibility. Votes: 0

Nothing genuinely historical was ever lost in this country. For this reason we have two ruling parties: villains and fools. Votes: 0

We British play an important role in Europe, even if we have a traditional and historical ambivalence towards the continent. Votes: 0

I feel like it's hard to get into historical novels where you know what the story is far too well. Votes: 0

The same historical development that turned the citizen into a client transformed the worker from a producer into a consumer. Votes: 0

On historical you take the known facts, dramatize them, and then stitch them together by invention. It's a projective thing. Votes: 0

Man lives consciously for himself but unconsciously he serves as an instrument for the accomplishment of historical and social ends. Votes: 0

A good legible label is usually worth, for information, a ton of significant attitude and expression in a historical picture. Votes: 0

It often disturbs me, when I see a film set in a historical time, that the people are too modern. Votes: 0

Too many historical writers are the votaries of cults, which, by definition are dedicated to whitewashing warts and hanging halos. Votes: 0

Instinct is like Nature herself - prodigiously conservative, and yet transcending her own historical conditions in her acts of creation. Votes: 0

The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations recorded as great historical events. Votes: 0

The Western planners are definitely trying to fragment the entire Middle East. They already have done, on several historical occasions. Votes: 0

The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations recorded as great historical events." Votes: 0

It's very important to always put things in their historical contexts. It teaches important lessons about the country in question. Votes: 0

Whoever today speaks of human existence in terms of power, efficiency, and historical tasks is an actual or potential assassin. Votes: 0

My Rama, the Rama of our prayers, is not the historical Rama, the son of Dasharatha, the king of Ayodhya. Votes: 0

Actually, the only thing I regret is not making more underground films and bringing them with me as historical documents. Votes: 0

To me the Mahabharata is a profoundly religious book, largely allegorical, in a way meant to be a historical record. Votes: 0

I see a lot of patterns in our behavior as a nation that parallel a lot of other historical processes. Votes: 0

Small details are a vital part of allowing a reader to make an imaginative connection with long dead historical figures. Votes: 0

Nobody knows what really happened in any historical period. There are some periods where we know more than others, though. Votes: 0

I love to read history books, which is where I get my ideas. I also read historical romance for pleasure. Votes: 0

I've got nothing against records - I've spent my life making them - but they are a kind of historical blip. Votes: 0

I have aspirations of making a big, historical epic. I don't know if I'll ever get the money to do it... Votes: 0

When one historical period is replaced by another, there is always a group of people left over from the old society Votes: 0

I think one of the great historical contributions of science is to weaken the hold of religion. That's a good thing. Votes: 0

I didn't want to be an actor. I wanted to design historical movies like 'Ben-Hur'. I saw this as my life. Votes: 0

Much historical fiction that centers on real people has always been deficient in information, lacking in craft and empty in affect. Votes: 0

There is an angel within the monkey struggling to get free, and this is what the historical crisis is all about. Votes: 0

My father loved to take us on historical vacations, and you should have seen the stares we received in East Berlin. Votes: 0

There is no self-knowledge except historical self-knowledge. No one knows what he is if he doesn't know what his contemporaries are. Votes: 0

The best historical stories capture the modern imagination because they are, in many senses, still current - part of a continuum. Votes: 0

I am not a fan of historical fiction that is sloppy in its research or is dishonest about the real history. Votes: 0

That is why we may say that the historical development of capitalism has involved the thrust towards the commodification of everything. Votes: 0

So-called racial characteristics are not really racial at all but are due to the historical experiences of the communities in question. Votes: 0

I am in the interesting position of being sometimes skimmed by the critics and called literature and sometimes called historical fiction. Votes: 0

There's room in the world for one historical folk-rock singer to make a decent living, and I happen to be it. Votes: 0

Sisterhood cannot be assumed on the basis of gender; it must be forged in concrete historical and political practice and analysis Votes: 0

Beauty has never been absolute and immutable but has taken on different aspects depending on the historical period and the country Votes: 0

As much as I love historical fiction, my problem with historical fiction is that you always know what's going to happen. Votes: 0

I've admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it's what motivated me to go into fashion. Votes: 0

I've done all these historical epics and chivalrous roles, but there's an odder, quirkier side to me that nobody knows about. Votes: 0

Co-mingling really disturbs a lot of the purists, who want to see the historical and cultural divides instead of the meshing. Votes: 0

I accept the resurrection of Easter Sunday not as an invention of the community of disciples, but as a historical event. Votes: 0

Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men. Votes: 0

True counselors of despair are those who hope against hope"”and historical experience"”that the government can and will act constructively. Votes: 0

I write novels, mostly historical ones, and I try hard to keep them accurate as to historical facts, milieu and flavor. Votes: 0

The hero, therefore, is the man or woman who has been able to battle past his personal and local historical limitations. Votes: 0

I strongly reject threats by any member state to destroy another or outrageous attempts to deny historical facts such as the Holocaust. Votes: 0

The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics. Votes: 0

It's never pleasant to have one's unquestioning beliefs put in their historical context, as I know from experience, I can assure you. Votes: 0

we have accumulated a wealth of historical experience which confirms our belief that the scales of American justice are out of balance. Votes: 0

I like a good fun chick-lit book as much as I like historical fiction, mysteries, or biographies, I like to be well-rounded! Votes: 0

If someone had told me in high school that one day I'd write an historical novel, I would have rolled my eyes. Votes: 0

I've been typed as historical fiction, historical women's fiction, historical mystery, historical chick lit, historical romance - all for the same book. Votes: 0

The writing of history is largely a process of diversion. Most historical accounts distract attention from the secret influences behind great events. Votes: 0

The history of nations, in the sense in which I use the word, is often best studied in works not professedly historical. Votes: 0

The rise of the West is, quite simply, the pre-eminent historical phenomenon of the second half of the second millennium after Christ. Votes: 0

The historical novel gives us perspective on our modern lives and helps us connect with the story, which we are continuing ourselves. Votes: 0

The idea that the Crusades and the fight of Christendom against Islam is somehow an aggression on our part is absolutely anti-historical, Votes: 0

The corniest movie ever made about the white man's need to lose his identity and assuage racial, political, sexual and historical guilt. Votes: 0

My work has taken me from historical research to involvement in electronic publishing ventures to the directorship of the Harvard University Libraries. Votes: 0

Teachers don't tell us the truth about historical people. If we knew the truth, parents couldn't hold their lives up as examples. Votes: 0

It is of course the nature of historical contraction that the shortest distance to a historical destination is never a straight line. Votes: 0

It was like a page torn from a history book, from some historical novel about the captivity of babylon or Spanish Inquisition. Votes: 0

We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces; nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history. Votes: 0

Sometimes there are historical moments when a country's course could be turned one way or the other, when fate can be escaped. Votes: 0

Great abilities are not requisite for an Historian; for in historical composition, all the greatest powers of the human mind are quiescent. Votes: 0

For both art and the historical sciences are modes of experiencing in which our own understanding of existence comes directly into play. Votes: 0

I don't look at myself as a historical icon, but the reality of it is, yeah, I am playing for history now. Votes: 0

Just because a company falls doesn't invalidate what we can learn by studying that company when it was at its historical best. Votes: 0

What are your historical Facts still more your biographical Wilt thou know a man by stringing-together beadrolls of what thou namest Facts Votes: 0

Oral history interviews allow us to document and chronicle people's stories; stories that might otherwise not be included in the historical record. Votes: 0

In every historical period, the religious groups that grow most rapidly are those that set believers at odds with the surrounding culture. Votes: 0

I don't think I have ever created an entire fiction piece or followed a historical piece and made that into a sermon. Votes: 0

I keep waiting for the day in which everyone who loves 'Downton Abbey' will realize they were actually watching a historical romance novel. Votes: 0

I keep waiting for the day in which everyone who loves Downton Abbey will realize they were actually watching a historical romance novel. Votes: 0

In order to experience and understand what it means to be a Christian, it is always necessary to recognize a definite historical situation. Votes: 0

The case against the notion of historical objectivity is like the case against international law, or international morality; that it does not exist. Votes: 0

Anybody who is familiar with the historical data from the IRS knows that raising income tax rates will likely actually reduce federal revenues. Votes: 0

The main thing going on in the 20th century is a dissolving of boundaries, all the boundaries that historical civilization put in place. Votes: 0

Cases of genocide carried out as policy may be found in historical documents as well as in the oral histories of Indigenous communities. Votes: 0

I've managed to include only enough historical detail to give the "flavor" of the time period while keeping the characters and story focal. Votes: 0

The idea of taking what people call the 'entertainment culture' as a focus of study, including historical perspective, is not a bad idea. Votes: 0

Chance doesn't mean meaningless randomness, but historical contingency. This happens rather than that, and that's the way that novelty, new things, come about. Votes: 0

historical research of the truly scholastic kind is not connected with human beings at all. It is a pure study, like higher mathematics. Votes: 0

There is a constant ebb and flow in art historical reputations. The reputation of even the greatest figures like Picasso are in flux. Votes: 0

I always tell students that the first question to ask about any historical action is this: who makes money out of the deal? Votes: 0

I think that England made a very big, historical mistake to allow itself to become the kind of terrorist capital of the world. Votes: 0

We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes. Votes: 0

Any theory intended to describe and analyze socio-historical reality cannot restrict itself to the human spirit and disregard the totality of human nature. Votes: 0

From a historical viewpoint, religion is just a kind of superstition, and from a political viewpoint it is a tool of social control. Votes: 0

I think if you place Jesus firmly in the historical context... you can make very educated hypotheses and guesses about how he lived. Votes: 0

Western civilization, because of fortuitous historical circumstances, has spread itself more widely than any other local group that has so far been known. Votes: 0

Shakespeare is in many ways an African writer and 'Hamlet' would be seen as a very accurate historical saga about an African kingdom. Votes: 0

The use of expressive colors is felt to be one of the basic elements of the modern mentality, an historical necessity, beyond choice. Votes: 0

The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it. Votes: 0

America has become amnesiac - a country in which forms of historical, political, and moral forgetting are not only willfully practiced but celebrated. Votes: 0

Through historical accident, we've ended up with a global network that pretty much allows anybody to communicate with anyone else at any time. Votes: 0

The things shamans deal with are extremely practical. They break down parameters of normal historical reality. Magical passes are just one aspect of that. Votes: 0

The Oberlin/Cleveland area is where the underground railroad came out, so it's an interesting historical place. I love Ohio and really loved Oberlin. Votes: 0

The bases for historical knowledge are not empirical facts but written texts, even if these texts masquerade in the guise of wars or revolutions. Votes: 0

[The historical] development in the international system may almost be defined as the process by which we pass from stable war to stable peace. Votes: 0

The writer has little control over personal temperament, none over historical moment, and is only partly in charge of his or her own aesthetic. Votes: 0

My friend Ronald Gottesman says...that the cause of all our trouble is the belief in an essential, pure identity: religious, ethnic, historical, ideological. Votes: 0

Superb historical romance, with a spiritual theme woven seamlessly throughout. I much enjoyed The Covered Deep and look forward to more from its author! Votes: 0

The historical record suggests that the transition to to a new hegemon has always been attended by what I have elsewhere called hegemonic war. Votes: 0

Buddhism, I think, is probably facing the single most difficult transition from one historical epoch to another, which is really the transition to modernity. Votes: 0

Tattooing is historical, cultural and a great form of art but it should always be safe for both the client and the tattoo practitioner. Votes: 0

Science fiction is like a blender - you can put in any historical experience and take influences from everything you see, read or experience. Votes: 0

I've always read a lot of historical books and I'm a big fan of documentaries, and I've always thought of ways to do it. Votes: 0

There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine. Votes: 0

It's such an extraordinary time to be alive that you just don't want to miss it. I mean, it's a really neat historical period. Votes: 0

I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it. Votes: 0

Except if it has some historical meaning for them to have Tibet under their control. I don't understand why [ Chinese] want it so much. Votes: 0

No one has ever used historical examples, near or remote, with the detail, precision, and directness to be found in every page of Shaw. Votes: 0

I had no idea of the historical evolution of the civilized world's music and had not realized that all modern music owes everything to Bach. Votes: 0

I'm very interested in the idea of unusual museums, ones that are not necessarily contemporary art museums - more like historical collections or house museums. Votes: 0

A revolution that is based on the people exercising their creativity in the midst of devastation is one of the great historical contributions of humankind. Votes: 0

A notion for a story is for me a confluence of real events, historical perhaps, or from my own memory to create an exciting fusion. Votes: 0

Shakespeare set a lot of his dramas in a historical perspective or war perspective, or he would study what was going on at that time. Votes: 0

I enjoyed studying costume, learning about the corsetry and the historical context of fashion. I never had any real intention of being a costume designer. Votes: 0

Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission. Votes: 0

We are sitting on top of a vast cultural and historical pyramid of accumulated misconceptions, lies and myths, built one on top of the other. Votes: 0

I should have known better. Pro-life arguments are now based on scientific evidence and the pro-choice arguments are not. That is a cultural, historical fact. Votes: 0

I'm trapped in a fun-house mirror reflection of a historical society where everyone was crazy by default, driven mad by irrational laws and meaningless customs. Votes: 0

Unless I'm writing trying to write about a historical figure, I don't really set out to read or research with a specific topic in mind. Votes: 0

I do photograph things for people to look at 100 years from now. But we're such a mediated society that things become historical the next day. Votes: 0

A film seeking to create change on a difficult issue should not try to provide a definitive historical overview, nor present an op-ed style argument. Votes: 0

No one can take Jesus away from me.... There's no doubt there was a historical figure of tremendous importance, with enormous notions. Such as peace. Votes: 0

There's a historical milestone in the fact that our Apollo 11 landing on the moon took place a mere 66 years after the Wright Brothers' first flight. Votes: 0

In Bolivia, we want to overcome our historical problems with Chile. The sea has divided us and the sea must bring us back together again. Votes: 0

Many of the things the slow food people honor were innovations within historical times. Somebody had to be the first European to eat a tomato. Votes: 0

The town of St. Charles near St. Louis was founded by a trapper named Blanchette. There is a section that's called Frenchtown on historical markers. Votes: 0

No one can take Jesus away from me. There's no doubt there was a historical figure of tremendous importance, with enormous notions. Such as peace. Votes: 0

With improved historical records, and easier access to them, we actually have better reasons for hating one another, for anger and violence toward one another. Votes: 0

The dogma of woman's complete historical subjection to men must be rated as one of the most fantastic myths ever created by the human mind. Votes: 0

The Odyssey is the story of Americans up to the point where they are well-established, and even so it is detached from the historical side. Votes: 0

Playboy, very clearly, from the outset, has fought against the historical repression of women. The notion that we were anywhere else simply defies the reality. Votes: 0

I believe it has been said that one copy of The Times contains more useful information than the whole of the historical works of Thucydides. Votes: 0

The amazing thing since so many variables enter into historical judgments, is not that historians disagree but that they agree as often as they do. Votes: 0

Perhaps our Irish friends should not so completely turn their backs on their historical dishes, no matter how many jokes they might have to endure. Votes: 0

My friends in prison were mostly women more like myself: not historical figures who I did not relate to as peers, but hookers and addicts. Votes: 0

Demanding historical (or scientific) veracity as a prerequisite for truth is another kind of tunnel vision. To do so is to mistake poetry for prose. Votes: 0

The novel since its origins has been the privatization of history... the history of private life ... and in that sense every novel is an historical novel.... Votes: 0

The more details we learn about the chemical basis of life and the intricacy of the genetic code, the more unbelievable the standard historical account becomes Votes: 0

Yet the companions of the Muses will keep their collective nose in my books And weary with historical data, they will turn to my dance tune. Votes: 0

The Bible's historical accuracy is a reminder that while "the heavens declare the glory of God," there's also plenty of evidence among the rubble and ruins. Votes: 0

The mistakes of the Iraq war are not only tactical and strategic, but historical. It is essentially a war of colonialism, attempted in the post-colonial age. Votes: 0

I like storytelling movies and more than that I like historical movies; and I think someday I'll definitely make a movie about the past 50 years history. Votes: 0

I think I'm too lazy a writer to do something like historical fiction. You have to do so much research. I just write what I know. Votes: 0

Earth Day is the first holy day...and is devoted to the harmony of nature... The celebration offends no historical calendar, yet it transcends them all. Votes: 0

I have just finished my novel (rough draft). It is to be called 'Anacoluthon.' This will make the public think it is an historical romance. Votes: 0

Telling about our lives is important for those who come after as, for those who will see our experience as part of their own historical struggle. Votes: 0

I can not be mistaken - what I say and do is historical.I follow my life with the precision and security of a sleep walker Votes: 0

I love going to flea markets especially when I am traveling, because I love seeing the stuff of other cultures, handicrafts and things with historical content. Votes: 0

I don't mean to burst anyone's bubble, but there is no scriptural or historical basis for December 25th actually being the day that Jesus was born. Votes: 0

I have learned that the state of Israel cannot be ruled in our generation without deceit and adventurism. These are historical facts that cannot be altered. Votes: 0

My basic notion regarding the matter of historical recognition is basically, it's a matter that should be left to the good hands of historians and experts. Votes: 0

I like to create imaginary characters and events around a real historical situation. I want readers to feel: OK, this probably didn't happen, but it might have. Votes: 0

The logic of freedom of religion implies freedom to be an atheist, even though, from a historical perspective, this has not been accepted in the Muslim world. Votes: 0

For us, universal values such as justice, morality and peace cannot be disputed and it is for this reason that we pursue the restoration of historical truth. Votes: 0

Hemingway seems to be in a funny position. People nowadays can't identify with him closely as a member of their own generation, and he isn't yet historical. Votes: 0

It is highly probable that the bulk of the Jew's ancestors 'never' lived in Palestine 'at all,' which witnesses the power of historical assertion over fact. Votes: 0

The great thing about dealing with people about whom we have historical resources, is that if the writing needs work, there's everywhere to go to enrich it. Votes: 0

How does a country deal with the fact that some of its most revered historical figures had certain moral values and political views virtually identical to Nazis? Votes: 0

People need to heed the message of Chris Christie and get the job done. We don't want the last century, America's century, to be a historical accident. Votes: 0

After I am dead I would like people to say: 'Beuys understood the historical situation. He altered the course of events'. I hope in the right direction. Votes: 0

I don't really have a historical overview of my work at all. I'm not an art historian. I don't see that there's this period and that period. Votes: 0

I accept the historical challenge, and with that, I accept the essentially Christian position that God always has more light to break out of his holy Word. Votes: 0

Stocks are a safe bet, but only if you stay invested long enough to ride out the . that squares with the facts, and with the historical record Votes: 0

When I write I have no loyalty except to historical truth as I see it and care no more about British achievements and mistakes than any other. Votes: 0

I found a great book called 'Slang Through the Ages' by Jonathon Green. It's basically a thesaurus of historical slang, and had lots of great old uses. Votes: 0

It is only by historical analysis that we can discover what makes up man, since it is only in the course of history that he is formed. Votes: 0

I've spent a lot of recreational time walking around historical castles and estates, in Britain and Europe, and so I know what the real thing looks like Votes: 0

To those who don't know the historical truth, I would like to say today, Poland was not an aggressor but a victim during the Second World War. Votes: 0

We have gotten away from this double aspect of either putting the character back into historical events or of making a historical event of his very life. Votes: 0

Mankind can live free in a society hemmed in by laws, but we have yet to find a historical example of mankind living free in lawless anarchy. Votes: 0

History has become more important than ever because of the to unprecedented ability of the historical sciences to take in man's life on earth as a whole. Votes: 0

We only store in memory images of value. To write about one's life is to live it twice, and the second time is both spiritual and historical. Votes: 0

I like historical fiction. I fell in love with New Orleans the first time I visited it. And I wanted to place a story in New Orleans. Votes: 0

One trouble with growing old is that it gets progressively tougher to find a famous historical figure, who didn't amount to much when he was your age. Votes: 0

For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I have to move on now to something else. Votes: 0

The story of Jesus is very fascinating. It still has such a tremendous power, even after 2,000 years! We don't really know if he existed as a historical figure. Votes: 0

Post World War II America draws a great deal of interest, but the students also seem to know quite a bit about American exceptionalism and its historical roots. Votes: 0

A publisher saw one of my historical novels and thought I would write an admirable detective story, so she offered me a two-book contract, and I grabbed it. Votes: 0

What's so amazing about this historical moment is that it is bringing class to the fore and we have to think about the nature of work and hierarchy. Votes: 0

In all the areas within which the spiritual life of humanity is at work, the historical epoch wherein fate has placed us is an epoch of stupendous happenings. Votes: 0

I am a lazy, cynical, middle-aged guy who has long since come to the conclusion that most historical periods really sucked, for most people, most of the time. Votes: 0

I am thrilled when I read about fans using my stories as springboards to read about either the historical characters or the myths and legends in the books. Votes: 0

The number of elements that have to go into a hit would break a computer down. the right season for that play, the right historical moment, the right tonality. Votes: 0

A woman's biography - with about eight famous historical exceptions - so often turns out to be the story of a man and the woman who helped his career. Votes: 0

The number of elements that have to go into a hit would break a computer down. the right season for that play, the right historical moment, the right tonality Votes: 0

If we could view Muhammad as we do any other important historical figure we would surely consider him to be one of the greatest geniuses the world has known. Votes: 0

Just as our historical beginnings are utterly mysterious-why are we born? why when and as we are?-so too are the beginnings of works of art and of "artists. Votes: 0

This time all the historical details and things were right. But I'd written it again in third person, and people found it dry. I decided to throw that one away. Votes: 0

In the aftermath of September 11, you can't - as Tony Blair was so fond of suggesting - draw a line under historical events. They don't go away. They come back. Votes: 0

I have a multivolume history of the world from the 19th century that begins with Noah's flood as though it's as historical a fact as the rise and fall of Rome. Votes: 0

Well, for me, really, I think it was I wanted to try and clear up some of the misperceptions that were out there and fill in some of the historical gaps. Votes: 0