But history is neither watchmaking nor cabinet construction. It is an endeavor toward better understanding.
It is only education and understanding of the past that teaches us not to repeat history.
Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.
Understanding the long sordid history of gun control in America is key to understanding the dangers of disarming.
Throughout its history the international Olympic Committee has struggled to spread its ideal of fraternity friendship peace and universal understanding.
Believe me as one who has seen a number of international crises firsthand they cannot be handled without an understanding of history.
And my interest in history was and remains very strong: what I wanted was to understand certain things better by understanding them psychoanalytically.
The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds as it amuses the fancy as it improves the understanding and as it strengthens virtue.
Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn't hurt your appreciation of the painting.
The history of science shows that theories are perishable. With every new truth that is revealed we get a better understanding of Nature and our conceptions and views are modified.
When you travel the world you have to watch and you have to listen. We're not going to come in to Ireland without an understanding that there's a history that's very sensitive.
Without an understanding of history we are politically culturally and socially impoverished. If we sacrifice history to economic pressures or to budget cuts we will lose a part of who we are.
Throughout history there have been many other examples similar to that of Haeckel Huxley and the cell where a key piece of a particular scientific puzzle was beyond the understanding of the age.
I think all of the secrets of the universe are revealed in history. We understand who we are by understanding where we've been and why we are the way we are and where we come from.
The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.
One must look hard through history to find when a clear understanding of the truth moved anyone to fire the first shot.
My understanding of Chinese history is limited. So far I have only scratched its surface; I wish I could find out more.
He stared at me with bitter understanding. We both knew there was no room in this for friendship. Nothing left but childhood history.
But having a really good understanding of history literature psychology sciences - is very very important to actually being able to make movies.
I think that if Essien Udom had something he didn't take it back far enough in history to get at the proper understanding of it.
Our search for certainty rests in our attempts at understanding the history of all individual selves and all civilizations. Beyond that there is only awe.
Understanding the history of matter and searching for its most interesting forms such as galaxies stars planets and life seems a suitable use for our intelligence.
The equation of evolution with progress represents our strongest cultural impediment to a proper understanding of this greatest biological revolution in the history of human thought.
I've always been interested in foreign relations. It's my belief that study of history should be our preparation for understanding the present rather than an escape from it.