Quotes
Quotes - Newton
I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient observation than to any other reason.
If I have seen farther than others, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants.
I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
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There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world; and that is an idea whose time has come.
I do not know what I seem to the world, but to myself I appear to have been like a boy playing upon the seashore and diverting myself and then finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay before me all undiscovered.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.
Let me think... I wonder if an anvil will drop like an apple?
People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.
People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.
If I have made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention than to any other talent.
