We [the Moderns] are like dwarves perched on the shoulders…

We are like dwarfs [the moderns] sitting on the shoulders of giants [the ancients]. Our glance can thus take in more things and reach…

— Bernard of Chartres

We are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they.

— Bernard of Chartres

If it seems like you can see farther than most people, it is because you're standing on shoulders of giants.

— Gene Stallings

“People say they walk on the shoulders of giants. True, but have you ever walked like one?”

— Jill Telford

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.

— Isaac Newton

“And because you can stand on the shoulders of giants, you can accomplish something quickly.”

— Michael Crichton

“If I have come further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”

— Issac Newton

“Nachmanovitch writes, “It’s great to sit on the shoulders of giants, but don’t let the giants sit on your shoulders. There’s no room for…

— Todd Henry

“Some say they stand on the shoulders of giants. True. But have they ever tried walking like one?”

— Jill Telford

“If I have been able to see further, it was only because I stood on the shoulders of giants. SIR ISAAC NEWTON”

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

With books we stand on the shoulders of giants.

— John Locke

“We are like dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants; thanks to them, we see farther than they. Busying ourselves with the treatises written…

— Carter Lindberg

“If I have been able to see further, it was only because I stood on the shoulders of giants.”

— Issac Newton

“If I had seen further than others, it's because I stood upon the shoulders of giants.”

— Isaac NewtonNew

Everything is derivative. Everything is a remix, and we all stand on the shoulders of giants - a great phrase.

— Alexis Ohanian