#historical

With honesty of purpose, balance, a respect for tradition, courage, and, above all, a philosophy of life, any young person who embraces the historical profession will find it rich in rewards and durable in satisfaction. ↗

— Samuel E. Morison

#any #balance #courage #durable #embraces

Research can be a big clunker. It's difficult to know how you can make the historical light. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

#difficult #historical #how #know #light

Most people don't like to talk about violent historical death. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#death #historical #like #most #people

I have a bee in my bonnet as to how few black historical figures one sees on film; incredible stories, stories from which we are living the legacy and which just don't get made. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#black #few #figures #film #get

As a historical legacy, the Kashmir conflict has been an outstanding issue for more than half a century. ↗

— Li Peng

#century #conflict #half #historical #issue

It's a very good historical book about history. ↗

— Dan Quayle

#about #book #good #historical #very

Fiction has consisted either of placing imaginary characters in a true story, which is the Iliad, or of presenting the story of an individual as having a general historical value, which is the Odyssey. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#consisted #either #fiction #general #having

We've evolved from sitting back on our tripods and shooting wildlife films like they have been shot historically, which doesn't work for us. ↗

— Steve Irwin

#been #evolved #films #historically #like

There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine. ↗

— Walter Scott

#easier #examine #finds #historical #incredulity

You have a class of investors and you have a class of speculators. The speculators historically haven't been big enough to cause the investors to doubt the long-term vision of stock. ↗

— Jim Cramer

#big #big enough #cause #class #doubt