Top 1200 Historical Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

There are fewer representations of black figures in the historical record.

I love being educated by historical novels.

Accuracy is paramount in every detail of a work of history. Here's my rule: Ask yourself, 'Did this thing happen?' If the answer is yes, then it's historical. Then ask, 'Did this thing happen precisely this way?' If the answer is yes, then it's history; if the answer is no, not precisely this way, then it's historical drama.

A stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories.

Historical science is being left in the dust.

I like writing historical fiction.

Stupidity is sometimes the greatest of historical forces.

No historical analogies are exactly precise.

Plato wove historical fact into literary myth.

Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.

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

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

As an historical novelist - there are few jobs more retrospective.

All the historical pretenders to global power originated in Eurasia.

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

Historical experience is written in blood and iron.

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

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

It's a very good historical book about history.

Historical explanation is not identical with moral judgment.

I am not very moved by historical apologies.

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

I'm a big historical-fiction fan.

The New Testament is not a historical document.

I just love historical fiction.

I don't normally do pure historical work.

Many of the historical proverbs have a doubtful paternity.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

Boredom and fatigue are great historical forces.

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

1975 is as much a historical document as 1803.

In any film there's always a historical implication.

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

The reporters are needed to validate the historical record.

Historical determinism is a recipe for political quietism.

Clothes make the body both mysterious and historical.

The really historical performance would talk to ghosts.

The search for historical laws is, I maintain, mistaken in principle.

Every age that has historical status is governed by aristocracies.

My instinct is to write under the cloak of an opaque historical setting.

Current utility and historical origin are different subjects.

Capitalism is first and foremost a historical social system.

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

I like the stories with the historical themes.

Historical awareness is a kind of resurrection.

I invented the historical spy novel.

Saint Petersburg has a fantastic historical atmosphere.

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

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

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

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

I'm not a great reader of historical fiction; it's not my favourite genre.

I've always been drawn to historical fiction.

One of my great passions is the collection of historical trivia.

My likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin

I love England and the historical aspect of it.

Any historical narrative is a bundle of silences.

Serious biographies need to have a historical base in facts.

I like the idea of playing a historical detective.

A historical event represents the best and the worst of that moment.