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On historical you take the known facts, dramatize them, and then stitch them together by invention. It's a projective thing. — William Monahan

What are your historical Facts still more your biographical Wilt thou know a man by stringing-together beadrolls of what thou namest Facts — Thomas Carlyle

Stocks are a safe bet, but only if you stay invested long enough to ride out the . that squares with the facts, and with the historical record — Nick Murray

I write novels, mostly historical ones, and I try hard to keep them accurate as to historical facts, milieu and flavor. — Gary Jennings

a law is but a deduction from experience and experiment, and therefore laws must conform with historical facts, not facts with law. — Immanuel Velikovsky

Historical fiction is not only a respectable literary form; it is a standing reminder of the fact that history is about human beings. — Helen Cam

The air was hot and wet, as if it had absorbed the sweat of countless bodies. It dripped also with scandal. — Monica Ali

And the Eldest Magician said, 'How wise are little children who see and are silent! — Rudyard Kipling

Facts do not become historical evidence until someone thinks up something for them to prove or disprove. — Cary Carson

There is no master narrative nor realist perspective to provide a background of social and historical facts. — Kathy Acker

I strongly reject threats by any member state to destroy another or outrageous attempts to deny historical facts such as the Holocaust. — Ban Ki-moon

Historical facts are the vital framework around which non-fiction writers construct their narratives; they are, quite simply, indispensable. — Saul David

I'm not good with children," the god confessed. "Or people. Well, any organic life forms, really. — Rick Riordan

The difference between animals and humans is that animals change themselves for the environment, but humans change the environment for themselves. — Ayn Rand

Weber,... argues that... personal bias should not preclude the scientific ascertainment of objective historical facts. — Max Weber

These," he said gravely, "are unpleasant facts; I know it. But then most historical facts are unpleasant. — Aldous Huxley

Collins masterfully blends fact and fiction ... transcends the historical thriller. — Jeffery Deaver

From strawberries under torture one may extract all sorts of things. — Stanislaw Lem

Please just let me have you. Please. Nothing else matters if I can't have you. — T.J. Klune

The bases for historical knowledge are not empirical facts but written texts, even if these texts masquerade in the guise of wars or revolutions. — Paul De Man

Miracles have no claim whatever to the character of historical facts and are wholly invalid as evidence of any revelation. — John Stuart Mill

The historical approach to understanding of scientific fact is what differentiates the scholar in science from the mere experimenter. — Edwin Boring

With my family, historical facts are subsidiary to narrative, and narrative must always show the narrator in the best light. — Stuart Rojstaczer

All that we may ever hope to establish in historical research are facts and conditions but never causes. — Otto E. Neugebauer

A lot of people think there's a lot of luck in fishing, and there really isn't. — Kevin VanDam

In other words, history teaches us to avoid the brand of naive empiricism that consists of learning from casual historical facts. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

What distinguishes the historian from the collector of historical facts is generalization. — Edward Hallett Carr