Quotes
Authors
Cargill Gilston Knott
"What may appear as a towering peak to one may seem but an ordinary eminence to another." --
Source : "Life and Scientific Work of Peter Guthrie Tait: supplementing the two volumes of Scientific papers published in 1898 and 1900". Book by Knott, Cargill Gilston, p. 1-2, 1911.
Cargill Gilston Knott
#Ordinary Quotes
#May Quotes
“There is a lot of silence in me, and I feel that silence is often better than spoken words.”
“Progress is mediation comes swiftly for those who try their hardest.”
“The Learner must be led always from familiar objects toward the unfamiliar, guided along, as it were, a chain of flowers into the mysteries of life.”
“This is the paradox for me: in failure alone is there any possibility of success. I don't think I'm alone in this - nor do I think it's an attitude that only prevails among people whose work is obviously 'creative'.”
“A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer - you put a great song on top of that, you're really in great shape!”
“You can do the best research and be making the strongest intellectual argument, but if readers don't get past the third paragraph you've wasted your energy and valuable ink.”
“The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something for nothing, not because they have a concern for what is good for the country. A better educated electorate might change the reason many persons vote. If children were forced to learn about the Constitution, about how government works, about how this nation came into being, about taxes and about how government forever threatens the cause of liberty perhaps we wouldn't see so many foolish ideas coming out of the mouths of silly old men.”
“The gold standard, in one form or another, will prevail long after the present rash of national fiats is forgotten or remembered only in currency museums.”
