Henry Tizard famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The secret of science is to ask the right question, and it is the choice of problem more than anything else that marks the man of genius in the scientific world.
-- Henry Tizard

#Science #Men #Choices
Great Power, capable of everything and only temporarily handicapped by economic difficulties. We are not a great power and never will be again. We are a great nation, but if we continue to behave like a Great Power we shall soon cease to be a great nation. Let us take warning from the fate of the Great Powers of the past and not burst ourselves with pride .
-- Henry Tizard

#Science #Fate #Pride
Andrade [who was looking after wartime inventions] is like an inverted Micawber, waiting for something to turn down.
-- Henry Tizard

#Science #Waiting #Invention

But it would be absolutely mistaken to regard a wealth of theoretical knowledge as characteristic proof for the qualities and abilities of a leader.
There are more microbes per person than the entire population of the world. Imagine that. Per person. This means that if the time scale is diminished in proportion to that of space it would be quite possible for the whole story of Greece and Rome to be played out between farts.
Why don't you light that candle ?
This is our high calling, to represent Christ, and act in His behalf, and in His character and spirit, under all circumstances and toward all men.
A devotee should be fixed in the conclusion that, the spiritual master cannot be subject to criticism and should never be considered equal to a common man.
She didn't know then that life has a way of backing you into a corner. You make your choices when you're far too young to understand their implications, and with each choice you make the field of possibility narrows. You choose a career and other careers are lost to you. You choose a mate and commit to loving no other.
You always have to make positive choices as an actor, even when you're playing someone who may not be doing the best things.
I can't do this Ash. It's killing me. Having you this close and not touching you is driving me insane. You're his Ash. You're his. You made your choice and I understand why you chose him. I don't hold it against you but dammit Ash it hurts
You must believe before everything else that the revolution must come, that there is no other choice,
You are free to choose. You are not free not to choose. No choice is a choice. You are free to choose but you are not free to choose the consequences of that choice.

Henry Tizard famous quotes

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