Slanted Toward Quotes by William Standish Knowles

More Quotes by William Standish Knowles

William Standish Knowles has 14 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• At Harvard I majored in chemistry with a strong inclination toward math.
• My family background was heavily slanted toward business and seafaring matters.
• To my father, business was the highest calling, but to my mother, medicine was the top profession.
• I was born in Taunton, Massachusetts on June 1, 1917, but I actually grew up in nearby New Bedford.
• I was particularly good at math and science.
• Later in the fifties I got involved in kinetic studies using my long forgotten math background.
• I'll never forget the fall colors on the Berkshires.
• In those days I was terrible at athletics and never made a team, but quite easily led my class in academics.
• At the time my dog had a fungus on her chest that wouldn't heal and resisted treatment. I made an ointment with…
• I can't think of any relatives that ever went into science.
• I was one who liked to work with my hands as well as my brain.
• My family gave me the best in education.

See all 14 quotes by William Standish Knowles »