Quotable Quotes

It is unfortunate that people are usually remembered only for what they have accomplished and not what wisdom they may have had.

Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727)

"Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things."

 

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)

"In questions of science the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual."

 

Leonardo da Vinci, (1452-1519) 

"Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to Authority is not using his intelligence, he is just using his memory."

 

Bilbo Bagins (The Hobbit)

"We are plain quit folk and have no use for adventures.  Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things!  Make you late for dinner... I can't think what anybody sees in them."