History Quotes

Question 1

Dakin describing what he thinks history is

Answer 1

‘History is fucking’

Question 2

Mrs Lintott describing what history is

Answer 2

‘History is women following behind with a bucket’

Question 3

Rudge describing what history is

Answer 3

‘How do I define history? It’s just one fucking thing after another’

Question 4

Irwin describing what history is

Answer 4

‘History nowadays is not a matter of conviction. It’s a performance. It’s entertainment. And if it isn’t, make it so’

Question 5

Mrs Lintott further describing what history is

Answer 5

‘History is the commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men’

Question 6

Mrs Lintott describing what history is for women

Answer 6

‘History’s not such a frolic for women as it is for men