History is the great propagator of doubt. A. J. P. Taylor More Quotes by A. J. P. Taylor More Quotes From A. J. P. Taylor The God of Battles will throw the dice that decide. A. J. P. Taylor battle war peace There is nothing nicer than nodding off while reading. Going fast asleep and then being woken by the crash of the book on the floor, then saying to yourself, well it doesn't matter much. An admirable feeling. A. J. P. Taylor reading feelings book One of the penalties of being president of the United States is that you must subsist for four years without drinking anything except Californian wine. A. J. P. Taylor wine drinking years The Foreign Office knows no secrets. A. J. P. Taylor office secret knows Psychoanalysts believe that the only 'normal' people are those who cause no trouble either to themselves or anyone else. A. J. P. Taylor only trouble believe people Nothing is inevitable until it happens. A. J. P. Taylor until nothing inevitable happens He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones. A. J. P. Taylor mistakes think history past