Quotes About Historical Accuracy

#1. Trying to prove scientifically the historical accuracy of events in the Bible is to faith what having your spouse under twenty-four-hour video surveillance is to marital trust.

Nadia Bolz-Weber

#2. At the end of the day, I had to remain dedicated to historical accuracy.

Ava DuVernay

#3. 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.

Charles Colson

#4. If the evidence supports the historical accuracy of the gospels, where is the need for faith? And if the historical reliability of the gospels is so obvious, why have so many scholars failed to appreciate the incontestable nature of the evidence?

Robert W. Funk

#5. Property should be in a general sense common, but as a general rule private ... In well-ordered states, although every man has his own property, some things he will place at the disposal of his friends, while of others he shares the use of them.

Aristotle.

#6. If some of my judgments were wrong
and some were wrong
they were made in what I believed at the time to be the best interest of the nation,

Richard M. Nixon

#7. When I think of the most beautiful women, they're not supermodels.

Becki Newton

#8. Some dreams matter. Most don't. Often it can be hard to know which might be which.

Dean Koontz

#9. And he misses her
Like a wind starved sail
He sits knowing what direction to go
But the current keeps pulling him
Down river.

Rumi

#10. It's like Willie Nelson. You're an artist and you have different styles inside of you.

Suzy Bogguss

#11. The great Way is easy, yet people prefer the side paths. Be aware when things are out of balance. Stay centered within the Tao.

Laozi

#12. That there are fashions in admiration and denigration is inevitable; they should not however be followed at the expense of truth.

Mary Renault

#13. I have always made an effort to render every detail of my reality with the greatest accuracy; but I have never paid attention to whether my presentation of historical facts was an exact one.

Lion Feuchtwanger

#14. With a historical setting, I worry about accuracy at every turn ... With a created world, I have to worry about all of it holding together and seeming coherent ... Each presents unique challenges and opportunities.

David B. Coe

#15. Flowers really do intoxicate me.

Vita Sackville-West

#16. Like most little girls, I found the lure of grown-up accessories astonishing - lipstick, perfume, hats and gloves. When I write female characters in my historical novels, getting these details right is vital.

Sara Sheridan

#17. As I looked there came, I thought a change - he seemed to swell - his face became suddenly black and the features seemed to melt and alter ...

Robert Louis Stevenson

#18. Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.

Abbie Hoffman

#19. He will not, I think, find it logical to live with what he has done today. I have told him that you are his responsibility. While he believes that, he will continue to protect you. I tell you this, so that you will understand what is happening. He will measure his life by your helplessness.

Dorothy Dunnett