I think the rise of quantitative econometrics and a highly mathematical approach to risk management was the obverse of a decline in interest in... →
Niall Ferguson
Risk models are a substitute for historical knowledge, because they tend to work with just three years' worth of data. But three years is not a... →
Oral history is a recipe for complete misrepresentation because almost no one tells the truth, even when they intend to.
If you have a great product but no one knows about it, it's history.
Tony Fernandes
I always find it actually funny that the analysis is that the characters I play in comedies are the manchild, the adolescent, characters that refuse... →
Will Ferrell
I have scary eyes. I look like the guy in 'American History X,' yes. I remember coming home from school and asking my mum if I could get an... →
Tim Ferriss
Both the historian and the novelist view history as the struggle of a tiny minority, able and determined to make judgments, which is up against a... →
Lion Feuchtwanger
Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio... →
I should add that it is open to debate whether what we call the writing of history these days is truly scientific.
Like the philosopher, the author views his task as one of establishing a clear connection between life and history, and of making the past bear fruit... →