Citations
Chronologically, for no man can choose the day of his birth.
From Isaac Newton:
- "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." [1]
From Oscar Wilde:
- "The truth is rarely pure and never simple." [2]
From Albert Einstein:
- "Mache die Dinge so einfach wie möglich - aber nicht einfacher."
From Winston Churchill:
- Lady Astor: "If I were married to you, I'd put poison in your coffee."
- Reply: "If I were married to you, I'd drink it."
- "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." [3]
References
- ^ In a letter
- ^ The original passage is in "The Importance of Being Earnest" on page 9, when Jack says to Algernon: "That, my dear Algy, is the whole truth pure and simple." Upon which Algernon replies: "The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossiblity!"
- ^ At Lord Mayor's Luncheon, Mansion House following the victory at El Alamein in North Africa, London, 10 November 1942
Citations
Chronologically, for no man can choose the day of his birth.
From Isaac Newton:
- "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." [1]
From Oscar Wilde:
- "The truth is rarely pure and never simple." [2]
From Albert Einstein:
- "Mache die Dinge so einfach wie möglich - aber nicht einfacher."
From Winston Churchill:
- Lady Astor: "If I were married to you, I'd put poison in your coffee."
- Reply: "If I were married to you, I'd drink it."
- "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." [3]
References
- ^ In a letter
- ^ The original passage is in "The Importance of Being Earnest" on page 9, when Jack says to Algernon: "That, my dear Algy, is the whole truth pure and simple." Upon which Algernon replies: "The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossiblity!"
- ^ At Lord Mayor's Luncheon, Mansion House following the victory at El Alamein in North Africa, London, 10 November 1942