Dean Inge Quotes

History is more or less bunk.

Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter. This is what makes the trade of historian so attractive.

I don't think you can erase history.

The past is what the past is.

History passes the final judgment.

An obituary should be an exercise in contemporary history, not a funeral oration.

History is the present day consideration of what went before.

We can not escape history.

Ancient histories provide windows to knowing current affairs.

History is not just a story related by a fool.

History is nothing but assisted and recorded memory. It might almost be said to be no science at all

There is a difference between remembrance of history and reverence of it.

History is a heavy thing everywhere.

I feel like history is about going and discovering the great human stories that just are every bit as relevant as anything that's going on today.

Money is great, but history is something that you can never get rid of and act like it didn't happen.

Historical! Must it be historical to catch your attention? Even though historicity, like notoriety, denotes nothing more than thatsomething has occurred.

Nothing is more difficult than to recreate in all its complexity than a distant age, and not only to get it right but make it seem fresh and relevant.

Everything that happens today is like something in the past, but it's also unlike things in the past. We never know until an event happens if it's the similarities or differences that matter more.

History is weirdly dismissed as not having anything to do with the present moment.

I'm part of history.

If we do not, as historians, write the history of great events as well as the small stories that make up the past, others will, and they will not necessarily do it well.

I'm glad I was part of history, here long after I'm gone.

My personal belief is that there's not much value in showing things from the past that have no relevance to today or failing to connect some kind of dotted line to where we are today, because otherwise, it just becomes homework.

As a child, I had loved history because it showed so many alternative worlds.

Why are some things remembered and others forgotten? That is the theme I want to pursue about the Second World War.