"It is not a sin to introduce a personal bias that can be recognized and discounted. The sin in historical composition is the organization of the story in such a way that bias cannot be recognized."

-- Herbert Butterfield

#Organization Quotes #History Quotes #Historical Quotes

“I have a television, but it's not connected to anything. I watch everything on my computer.”
“I care about the diversity of the mindset of the people creating our future, and the windows through which we see it, and the tools we use to build it.”
“The best advice I can give to any young man or young woman upon graduation from school can be summed up in exactly eight words, and they are-be honest with yourself and tell the truth.”
“The game of baseball is a clean, straight game, and it summons to its presence everybody who enjoys clean, straight athletics. It furnishes amusement to the thousands and thousands.”
“The vast amount of time it takes to make my paintings is very challenging. I have so many exciting ideas I would love to bring to a final painting, but my time-consuming technique limits the number of ideas that get to become a painting.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I don't want a team that escapes from reality and escapes from the truth. I don't want people who are always escaping, who always have a story and are always conniving. An ostrich tries to escape from the truth. Isn't an ostrich the thing that puts its head in the sand? But guess what's sticking out when he does it? It's ass, that's what. I don't want a team like that......Because when you have a team like that and trouble comes, that team will not face the trouble.”
“I can be shy when I talk to women. I'm a shy dude.”
“If you ever, ever, ever want to complain about what's going on in the U.S., you should vote because then you have a right to. If you want to complain, you should vote.”

You may also like:

Alexandre Koyre
Philosopher
Edward Hallett Carr
Journalist
G. M. Trevelyan
Historian
Kenneth Waltz
Political Scientist
Lord Acton
Michael Joseph Oakeshott
Philosopher
Prince Philip
Royal Knight of the Garter
Robin G. Collingwood
Philosopher
Thomas Kuhn
Physicist