Agnes Mary Clerke famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

What has been done is little-scarcely a beginning; yet it is much in comparison with the total blank of a century past. And our knowledge will, we are easily persuaded, appear in turn the merest ignorance to those who come after us. Yet it is not to be despised, since by it we reach up groping to touch the hem of the garment of the Most High.
-- Agnes Mary Clerke

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Knowledge will appear in turn the merest ignorance to those who come after us. Yet it is not to be despised, since by it we reach up groping fingers to touch the hem of the garment of the Most High.
-- Agnes Mary Clerke

#Ignorance #Hem #Garments

Indulgence in animal killing for the taste of the tongue is the grossest kind of ignorance
Three minutes thought would suffice to find this out; but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time.
Ignorance was just as dynamic as knowledge, and it grew in the same proportion.
Mostly I make lists for projects. This can be daunting. Breaking something big into its constituent parts will help you organize your thoughts, but it can also force you to confront the depth of your ignorance and the hugeness of the task. That's OK. The project may be the lion, but the list is your whip.
Often we want people to pray for us and help us, but we always defeat our object when we look too much to them and lean upon them. The true secret of union is for both to look upon God, and in the act of looking past themselves to Him they are unconsciously united.
So with truth - there is a certain moment when one can say, this is the truth and here I put a dot, a stop, and I go to another thing. A judge has to put an end to a deliberation. But for a historian, theres never an end to the past. It can go on and on and on.
The experience youâ€™ve had may be unwanted, may amount to nothing but damage and waste, but experience has substance, is factual, authoritative, lives on in your past and affects your present, whatever you attempt to do about it.
The 10% between 90% done to 100% done takes most of the time, causes most of the stress, but is all of the value.
But it's true, when you see some television, you carry it with you. It's like 90210. Tell me what young shows were being done then... We were thrilled about the ratings around the world.
I do films that I like. I have done comedy, romance, everything, and I always like to do it differently from the previous ones.

Agnes Mary Clerke famous quotes

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