Quotes About Experience

It's never pleasant to have one's unquestioning beliefs put in their historical context, as I know from experience, I can assure you.

History is a novel that has been lived, a novel is history that could have been.

What was the point of living through history if you didn't record it?

There is an awful lot of difference between reading something and actually seeing it, for you can never tell, till you see it, just how big a liar History is.

I wasn't particularly good at school so always found essay writing hard, so I didn't do that well at English or history, even though I enjoyed it.

If you've just stared into the abyss, quickly forget it: the lessons of history can only hold you back.

History is an accumulation of error.

I did not say history was bunk. It was bunk to me . . I did not need it very bad.

I've always felt privileged to cover the White House and to have that ringside seat to history

I think history is collective memories. In writing, I'm using my own memory, and I'm using my collective memory.

And I think right now I'm just enjoying finding something such as One Weekend a Month where I can really resonate with this woman's history and her situation.

Believe me, as one who has seen a number of international crises firsthand, they cannot be handled without an understanding of history.

Much more than memoir; it's history.

Indeed, only one Supreme Court justice in history, one Horace Lurton, nominated by President [John] Taft, had more federal appeals court experience [than Samuel Alito].

This is my history; like all other histories, a narrative of misery.

History shows us that the songs - the myth, the experience and the emotion - live longer the less you explain.

My clerkship with Justice Douglas was tremendously important. He told me, Christopher, get out into the stream of history and see what happens. I've tried to follow that advice.

My history in show business spans over a quarter of a century, and I have seen many people in the industry struggle with coming out, only to find much more success after they finally did.

If you get the access to see history happen, do you understand the history when it does happen? And the answer to that question is no, you dont.

The secret of our emotions never lies in the bare object, but in its subtle relations to our own past.

History is the preceptor of prudence, not principles.

Because the human history is the history of shoes. The history of places where we ever tread and stand.

Don't brood on what's past but never forget it either.

Facts you can bend. Memories are much stronger things.