Thursday, August 13, 2020

History

 

  "I love history because it's always changing." - Alan  Smale

  'Ancient' in India is anytime before you guys came to colonize us." - Gourav Mohanty

"The present wins every battle, but the past always wins the war." - Mick Herron

"Our children own history and we owe them accuracy." - Vanessa Riley

"History is written by the bards." - Kevin Grgurich

"Those who ignore history are condemned to retweet it." - David Brooks

"The Battle of Waterloo is where Napoleon met his Waterloo.  Which is quite a coincidence." - Jim Malcolm

"History isn't being lost when a statue is toppled to the ground.  History is being made." - Nathaniel Philbrook

"Every medievalist's favorite movie is Monty Python and the Holy Grail.  It's the only accurate one." -Jo Walton

"History doesn't announce itself."  - Maggie Paxson

"Much of colonial history -- and the history of buildings -- is like plaque building up in your arteries.  And sometimes you've got to scrape it all away." - Carl Lounsbury

“Conspiracy theories are insults to history.”  - Neil Steinberg

"If you asked many Americans what happened on December 7th 1941 they would probably tell you that Robert E. Lee surrendered at Valley Forge to Dwight D. Eisenhower." - Cathy Howat  

"Houses aren't refuges from history. They are where history ends up." -Bill Bryson.

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