The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, philosopher (1844-1900)
Belief of mine...
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
- Margaret Atwood
Dead & Born
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again.
-Sylvia Plath, poet (1932-1963)
2 possible outcomes
There are two possible outcomes: If the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.
-Enrico Fermi, physicist and Nobel laureate (1901-1954)
...not ignorance
The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.
-Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, professor, attorney, and writer (1914-2004)
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