Quote by Bill Bryson Download Open image ““In his secretiveness he didn’t merely resemble Newton, but actively exceeded him.”” — Bill Bryson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“While Newton seemed to draw off the veil from some of the mysteries of nature, he showed at the same time the imperfections of… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“he described his own ideals, the desire for fulfillment not just as a theorist but also as an experimental physicist. (In the second respect,… — Abraham Pais Copy Share Image
"Newton was the greatest genius that ever existed, and the most fortunate, for we cannot find more than once a system of the world… — Joseph-Louis Lagrange Copy Share Image
“I esteem his understanding and subtlety highly, but I consider that they have been put to ill use in the greater part of his… — Christiaan Huygens Copy Share Image
“He was stronger and had more depth than he knew and he liked these new discoveries about himself.” — Phaedra Patrick Copy Share Image
“Space and Time! Two minor omissions that no one is likely to notice," grumbled Newton.” — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. On being reproached that his formula of gravitation was longer and… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“When Newton breached this philosophical barrier by rendering all motion comprehensible and predictable, some theologians criticized him for leaving nothing for the Creator to… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Throughout his life Newton must have devoted at least as much attention to chemistry and theology as to mathematics. ... — W. W. Rouse Ball Copy Share Image
. . . Newton was an unquestioning believer in an all-wise creator of the universe, and in his own inability - like the boy… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
“Newton was born on Christmas Day, 1642, so tiny that, as his mother told him years later, he would have fit into a quart… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Now if Newton had been a very plain, very dull, very matter-of-fact man, all that would be easily explicable. But I must make you… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
Most big companies don't like you very much, except hotels, airlines and Microsoft, which don't like you at all. — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“But Welsh spellings are as nothing compared with Irish Gaelic, a language in which spelling and pronunciation give the impression of having been devised… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“Pantaloons were often worn tight as paint and were not a great deal less revealing, particularly as they were worn without underwear. . .… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
If you go out on the Appalachian Trail, you have to bring so much more equipment - a tent, sleeping bag - but if… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“The dining table was a plain board called by that name. It was hung on the wall when not in use, and was perched… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“From almost nothing, France in four years built up an aircraft industry that employed nearly 200,000 people and produced some 70,000 planes. Britain built… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“Every twenty minutes on the Appalachian Trail, Katz and I walked farther than the average American walks in a week. For 93 percent of… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“A diarist named George Templeton Strong recorded in the winter of 1866 that even with two furnaces alight and all the fireplaces blazing, he… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Tune your television to any channel it doesn't receive and about 1 percent of the dancing static you see is accounted for by this… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
As a rule of thumb, I would submit that if you need to call your floss provider, for any reason, you are probably not… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Nobody gets excited about the future at all, ever. The future is something we find depressing and worrisome. — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“What made this particularly interesting is that John Howard is by far the dullest man in Australia. Imagine a very committed funeral home director… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
