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Isaac Newton Quotes

Isaac Newton quotes

English Mathematician December 25, 1642 – March 20, 1727

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Isaac Newton quote: "Sir Isaac Newton was asked how he discovered the law of..."
Sir Isaac Newton was asked how he discovered the law of gravity. He replied, "By thinking about it all the time. Isaac Newton
I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton quote: "Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy."
Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy. Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton quote: "Errors are not in the art but in the artificers."
Errors are not in the art but in the artificers. Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton quote: "Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the..."
Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things. Isaac Newton
A Vulgar Mechanick can practice what he has been taught or seen done, but if he is in an error he knows not how to find it out and correct it, and if you put him out of his road he is at a stand. Whereas he that is able to reason nimbly and judiciously about figure, force, and motion, is never at rest till he gets over every rub.(from a letter dated 25 May, 1694) Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton quote: "A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only..."
A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true. Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton quote: "Men build too many walls and not enough bridges."
Men build too many walls and not enough bridges. Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton quote: "No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess."
No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess. Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton quote: "What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean."
What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean. Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton quote: "I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the..."
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people. Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton quote: "To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or..."
To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science. Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton quote: "We build too many walls and not enough bridges."
We build too many walls and not enough bridges. Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton quote: "If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient..."
If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought. Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton quote: "It is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be..."
It is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be regarded. Isaac Newton

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