"It is strange how the memory of a……" — William Osler
"It is strange how the memory of a man may float to posterity on what he would have himself regarded as the most trifling of his works."
—
William Osler
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
118 Quotes by William Osler
William Osler has 118 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
Personally, I do not see in Canada it would be a feasible thing if any Ministry organized taking over both…
-
Be calm and strong and patient. Meet failure and disappointment with courage. Rise superior to the trials of life, and…
-
The hardest conviction to get into the mind of a beginner is that the education upon which he is engaged…
-
The future belongs to Science. More and more she will control the destinies of the nations. Already she has them…
-
Shed, as you do your garments, your daily sins, whether of omission or commission, and you will wake a free…
-
Half of us are blind, few of us feel, and we are all deaf.
-
Fed on the dry husks of facts, the human heart has a hidden want which science cannot supply.
-
The extraordinary development of modern science may be her undoing. Specialism, now a necessity, has fragmented the specialities themselves in…
-
At the outset do not be worried about this big question-Truth. It is a very simple matter if each one…
-
Without faith a man can do nothing; with it all things are possible.
-
We are all dietetic sinners; only a small percent of what we eat nourishes us; the balance goes to waste…
-
To know just what has do be done, then to do it, comprises the whole philosophy of practical life.
See all 118 quotes by William Osler »
More Float Quotes
This quote is filed under Float Quotes,
one of 287 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float.
— John Barrymore
-
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
— Muhammad Ali
-
Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can…
— Julie Andrews
-
The memories of long love gather like drifting snow, poignant as the mandarin ducks who float side by side in…
— Murasaki Shikibu
-
Wait by the river long enough and the body of your enemy will float by you.
— Sun Tzu
-
The Fourth of July-memorable in the history of our nation as the great day of independence to its countrymen-had no…
— Henry McNeal Turner
-
How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven…
— John Milton
-
Just as an octopus may have his den in some ocean cave, and come floating out a silent image of…
— Arthur Conan Doyle
-
We have dominated and overruled nature, and from now on the earth is ours, a kitchen garden until we learn…
— Lewis Thomas
-
The Wright brothers didn't contemplate the staying on the ground of things. Alexander Graham Bell didn't contemplate the noncommunication of…
— Wayne Dyer
-
Why am I using a new putter? Because the last one didn't float too well.
— Craig Stadler
-
When the polar ice caps melt, my recording studio will rise up like an ark, and I'll float off into…
— Thomas Dolby
See all 287 Float Quotes »