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Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.

Any historian worth their salt should be aware of wars, conflicts, catastrophes. They happen. This is part of the panorama.

Of history, how little do we know by personal contact; we have lived a few years, seen a few men, witnessed some important events; but what are these in the whole sum of the world's past.

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.

I am not someone who believes I am going to find a historical scoop.

When you're part of history, you don't know it. You're just sort of living your life.

The only way to find out anything about what kinds of lives people led in any given period is to tunnel into their records and to let them speak for themselves.

I've always been intrigued by the way history works, the way we decide what is mentioned.

No apparent, perceived, or claimed evidence in any field, including history and chronology, can be valid if it contradicts the Scriptural record.

Of course history is easily manipulated - though that makes it even more important for us to know what actually happened.