Bettany Hughes
historian, classical scholar, television presenter, university teacher, author
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All Quotes by Bettany Hughes
“A number of politicians have failed to recognise the consistent truth of history: that we're both an emotional and a rational species, and that we make decisions very emotionally.”
“I love the Bronze Age - the age of the Trojan Wars and Helen of Troy. Contrary to what people think, Troy was a very sophisticated society and they used ostrich eggs - which have surprisingly tough shells - to store perfumed oils.”
“We've lived in our Victorian house for 20 years and the kitchen is the centre of family life - we don't just eat here, we live here.”
“The occasional motivational speech gig tends to pay better than the books and television.”
“As soon as men began to write, they made Helen of Troy their subject; for close on three thousand years she has been both the embodiment of absolute female beauty and a reminder of the terrible power that beauty can wield... But who was she?”
“Forgiveness gives you a chance to be fulfilled rather than be eaten up with anger.”
“As soon as men began to write, they made Helen of Troy their subject; for close on three thousand years she has been both the embodiment of absolute female beauty and a reminder of the terrible power that beauty can wield... But who was she?”
“Venus, ancient goddess of love and beauty, is an apparently irrelevant, invented deity of the long dead. But Venus merits scrutiny. Chart her life story across 5,000 years and you chart the evolution of our conflicted relationship with sex and with the female body.”
“We've lived in our Victorian house for 20 years and the kitchen is the centre of family life - we don't just eat here, we live here.”
“I wrote my first history book when I was four. I still have it so I can prove it.”
“The occasional motivational speech gig tends to pay better than the books and television.”
“I do think that history lived, and a life lived, is as much to do with the birdsong you heard that morning as any great event.”