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"I can't think of any relatives that ever went into science."

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William Standish Knowles

#Thinking Quotes

  • “Yes, there were times when I forgot not only who I was but that I was, forgot to be.”

  • “If you try to find your source, you are not going to find it in a tiny little particle that began with your parents commingling.”

  • “I'm not as bearish as many others about China. Why? Because China must grow. So I am far more optimistic about China.”

  • “As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly.”

  • “I can only control what I can control.”

  • “You can't solve many of today's problems by straight linear thinking. It takes leaps of faith to sense the connections that are not necessarily obvious.”

  • “Be stingy with your time and spend it in spaces that fill you up.”

  • “I'm extremely confident that solar will be at least a plurality of power, and most likely a majority... in less than 20 years.”

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