Forte Quote by Sydney Smith Download Open image “Science is his forte, and omniscience his foible.” — Sydney Smith ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Forte His Science
If I may take the liberty to speak for science at least, today his name and his prizes are without a peer in the… — Melvin Calvin Copy Share Image
“He had a natural appetite for the wonders of the Universe. He wanted to know about science. It’s just that all the science had… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The scientist rigorously defends his right to be ignorant of almost everything except his specialty. — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
Woe be to him who tries to isolate one department of knowledge from the rest. All science is one: language, literature and history, physics,… — Jules Michelet Copy Share Image
“By and large, people who choose to go into science are not greatly interested in psychological problems... He liked the exactness of science, and… — Brenda Maddox Copy Share Image
If a man has a science to learn he must regularly and resolutely advance. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Every scientist should, after all, regard it as his duty to tell the public, in a generally intelligible way, about what he is doing” — Konrad Lorenz Copy Share Image
He is not a true man of science who does not bring some sympathy to his studies, and expect to learn something by behaviour… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It is not his possession of knowledge, of irrefutable truth, that makes the man of science, but his persistent and recklessly critical quest for… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
Anyone who wants to know the human psyche will learn next to nothing from experimental psychology. He would be better advised to abandon exact… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
“Vulnerable, like all men, to the temptations of arrogance, of which intellectual pride is the worst, he [ the scientist ] must nevertheless remain… — Louis de Broglie Copy Share Image
Scotland: That garret of the earth - that knuckle-end of England - that land of Calvin, oatcakes, and sulfur. — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
My living in Yorkshire was so far out of the way, that it was eleven miles away from a lemon — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience. — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
How can a bishop marry? How can he flirt? The most he can say is "I will see you in the vestry after service." — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little - do what you can. — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men… — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
A man who wishes to make his way in life could do no better than go through the world with a boiling tea-kettle in… — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
[T]he 47th proposition in Euclid might now be voted down with as much ease as any proposition in politics; and therefore if Lord Hawkesbury… — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else and you will be ten thousand times worse than nothing — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
Cover versions, that's my forte, that's all I ever used to do. When you play your own songs, it's quite scary, 'cause I'm quite… — Ellie Goulding Copy Share Image
I never planned on being a live performer. My whole forte was about being in the studio, producing, playing the piano on recording sessions.… — Allen Toussaint Copy Share Image
That was probably the stamp that went into my mind, because I worked in television for many years, doing that kind of music, so… — Skitch Henderson Copy Share Image
My great forte in killing buffaloes was to get them circling by riding my horse at the head of the herd and shooting their… — Buffalo Bill Copy Share Image
How many demons and people are enslaved here? (Jericho) Define slavery. (Asmodeus) Kept against their will. (Jericho) Good definition. Counting me? (Asmodeus) Why not?… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Singing is definitely not my forte. I'll put that out there on the record. — Shenae Grimes Copy Share Image
My forte is playing along and singing along to music I love. I mean, who knows, maybe I could develop that knack or develop… — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
Cinema’s characteristic forte is its ability to capture and communicate the intimacies of the human mind. — Satyajit Ray Copy Share Image
“Some days are better than others. The same can be said about people.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
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