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<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— George Orwell (1903–1950) [http://www.netcharles.com/orwell/essays/whyiwrite.htm ''Why I Write'']</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— George Orwell (1903–1950) [http://www.netcharles.com/orwell/essays/whyiwrite.htm ''Why I Write'']</cite> | ||
|21 = '''Anything is a legitimate area of investigation.'''<br /> | |21 = '''Anything is a legitimate area of investigation.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Anonymous</cite> | ||
|22 = '''Truth . . . never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him who brought her forth.'''<br /> | |22 = '''Truth . . . never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him who brought her forth.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[John Milton]]</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[John Milton]]</cite> | ||
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|42 = '''…it is what you learn by [[writing]] that gives the work its pull.'''<br /> | |42 = '''…it is what you learn by [[writing]] that gives the work its pull.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— David McCullough, from ''Mornings on Horseback''<br /></cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— David McCullough, from ''Mornings on Horseback''<br /></cite> | ||
|43 | |43 = '''There are in fact two things, [[science]] and opinion; the former begets [[knowledge]], the latter ignorance.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Hippocrates]]''<br /></cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Hippocrates]]''<br /></cite> | ||
}}<br /> | }}<br /> | ||
—<small>''[[CZ:Quote|add a quotation about knowledge or writing]]''</small> | —<small>''[[CZ:Quote|add a quotation about knowledge or writing]]''</small> | ||
Latest revision as of 12:24, 29 September 2024
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not “Eureka!” (I found it!) but “That’s funny …”
— Anonymous, attributed to Isaac Asimov
—add a quotation about knowledge or writing