Tony Robinson Quotes

One of the things that I love to do is travel around the world and look at archaeological sites. Because archaeology gives us an opportunity to study past civilizations, and see where they succeeded and where they failed. Use science to, you know, work backwards and say, 'Well, really, what were they thinking?'

When you think about archaeology, archaeology is the only field that allows us to tell the story of 99 percent of our history prior to 3,000 B.C. and writing.

Personally, my interests are ancient history and ancient civilizations. In my own life, I'd like to go to places like Easter Island.

I knew I never wanted to become an archaeologist. But at school I became intrigued by what people were doing on an everyday basis in the past.

Archaeology holds all the keys to understanding who we are and where we come from.

I would really love to go on an archaeological dig.

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.

Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who care not where they are going; they merely want to know where everyone else has been.

History was always the subject that I loved the most, and I felt it gave me the deepest sense of our humanity and who we are and where we're going.

Mythology does not interest me. Nor does history. But the possible overlap between history and mythology excites me immensely.

As an undergraduate, I had an opportunity to go on a number of archeological digs. So I had experience excavating, digging up remains of ancient Indian villages in the Midwest and in the Southwest.

I'm inspired by history, different periods.

I love anything to do with history.

I like reading about the past. I'm definitely not a history buff, but I do read a bit of history now and again, and to do that for work is really exciting.

I like mythology - anything historical.

On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history was born.

I like historical things; I like researching things.

I don't have a strong interest in history.

I have a long view of history - my orientation is archaeological because I'm always thinking in terms of ancient Greece and Rome, ancient Persia and Egypt.

I love history, doesn't matter what era, I'm fascinated.

Any period is fascinating: the more ancient, the better.

When I was a kid, I loved history because history to me was a big story.

The history of mankind is confined within a limited period, and from every quarter brings an intimation that human affairs have had a beginning.

All ancient history is dark and uncertain.

History is simply man’s desperate bid to give substance to his most visionary dreams.