English Historian Quotes

#1. The English historian Thomas Carlyle defined a person's religion as the set of values evident in his or her actions, regardless of what the individual would claim to believe when asked.

Terryl L. Givens

#2. Is more unfair," as an English historian has well said, "than to judge men of the past by the ideas of the present. Whatever may be said of morality, political wisdom is certainly ambulatory.

Barbara W. Tuchman

#3. You did not come here to be normal, you came here to be you.

Robert Holden

#4. I consider myself a writer who happens to write about history, rather than a historian. I was an English major in college. What I've learned about history is in the field, so to speak. Going into the archives and working with it directly.

Nathaniel Philbrick

#5. False belief that morality can have a unique and objective state - to

Michael Shermer

#6. The problem is not with the athletes, but with us. No matter how blatant the drug use may be, we don't stop watching the Tour de France. Maybe we should just turn off the television and get on our own bikes.

Peter Singer

#7. People didn't fight for grand causes or great purposes, but for the closest and most personal of reasons. They might say the fought for high ideals, but in practice they fought for the comrades beside them and their loved ones at home.

Jack Campbell

#8. Never betray His principles for any reason whatsoever, and take great care not to spoil God's affairs by too much haste in them.

Vincent De Paul

#9. Museums that aren't perfect are the ones that I love. Museums that aren't overdesigned. I always like to visit the strange, odd museums. In New York, the Frick is absolutely my favorite, favorite place because I like to think that it was someone's home not that long ago.

Reed Krakoff

#10. I don't think you're crazy at all. I don't want you to think that either. I can't say that I understand what's going through your head, but I can say that I'll be here for you no matter what. If I haven't made it clear, I love you more than anything.

Magan Vernon

#11. Unless you are willing to try, fail miserable, and try again, success won't happen.

Phillip Adams

#12. It is bad to suppress laughter. It goes back down and spreads to your hips.

Fred Allen

#13. The language we use is extremely powerful. It is the frame through which we perceive and describe ourselves and our picture of the world.

Iben Dissing Sandahl

#14. my grandmamma says; 'be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle you know nothing about.

Sydney Arrison

#15. You are not in control of your mind - because you, as a conscious agent, are only part of your mind, living at the mercy of other parts.

Sam Harris

#16. I've learned that history is the autobiography of the historian, that ignoring the past is the act of a fool, and that loyalty does not mean falling into line, but stepping out of it for the people you love.

Annie Barrows

#17. We unwittingly judge products by their boxes, books by their covers, and even corporation's annual reports by their nice glossy finish.

Leonard Mlodinow

#18. Like somebody once said, you can't force yourself to trust. so you put all your doubts in a little box and then try to forget where you buried it. -Cassie

Rick Yancey