Quote by James Bryant Conant Download Open image ““Behold the turtle. He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out.”” — James Bryant Conant ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“More humans should acquire the quality of the turtle. He makes more progress only when he sticks his neck out.” — Mitch Kynock Copy Share Image
“The rest of his body is unmemorable, and he's also a turtle-he lies on his back and gets stuck there, immobile.” — Edward Southgate Copy Share Image
“Sometimes he reminded me of a turtle hiding inside its shell, in there thinking about things and not ever sticking his head out into… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
“I have an image of Turtle right on the forehead. She seems to go through the lobes of my brain. Sort of like swimming.” — Sandra Harner Copy Share Image
“See the TURTLE of enormous girth, On his shell he holds the earth. If you want to run and play, Come along the BEAM… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“It's turtles all the way fucking down, Holmesy. You're trying to find the turtle at the bottom of the pile, but that's not how… — John Green Copy Share Image
“It's turtles all the way fucking down, Holmesy. You're trying to find the turtle at the bottom of the pile, but that's not how… — John Green Copy Share Image
Diversity of opinion within the framework of loyalty to our free society is not only basic to a university but to the entire nation. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
Education is what is left after all that has been learnt is forgotten. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
A Harvard education consists of what you learn at Harvard while you are not studying. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
There is only one proved method of assisting the advancement of pure science-that of picking men of genius, backing them heavily, and leaving them… — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence of performance. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
... scientific research is compounded of ... empirical procedures, general speculative ideas, and mathematical or abstract reasoning. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement, surrounded by a rich variety of individual differences. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below the surface. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
Just like a turtle, we only make progress if we stick our neck out. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
A conceptual scheme is never discarded merely because of a few stubborn facts with which it cannot be reconciled; a conceptual scheme is either… — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
