(95 quotes found)
“Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter”
African Proverb
“Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.”
Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
“History repeats itself; historians repeat each other”
Phillip Guedala
“To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture.”
Oscar Wilde
“Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.”
Lee Simonson
“But then the Roman Empire fell like this- "oh shit". And we went intowhat the historians called the Stupid Fucker period. Where everyonewas going -"er, I dunno. Is that a Roman road? Can we eat it?" Thenthere was the dark Ages. " I can't even see you! Where are you?"”
Eddie Izzard
“I sometimes think of what future historians will say of us. A single sentence will suffice for modern man: he fornicated and read the papers.”
Albert Camus
“Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history - revisionist historians is what I like to call them.”
George W. Bush
“Historians relate, not so much what is done, as what they would have believed.”
Benjamin Franklin
“Unbeknownst to most historians, Einstein started down the road of professional basketball before an ankle injury diverted him to science”
Gary Larson
