Nerds don't just happen to dress informally. They do it too consistently. Consciously or not, they dress informally as a prophylactic measure against stupidity. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Tags: ability Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations from Thomas H. Huxley Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email The great tragedy of Science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Tags: science tragedy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Tags: opinions Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Tags: knowledge rejection authority Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The great tragedy of Science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Tags: science tragedy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Tags: opinions Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Tags: knowledge rejection authority Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “ability” Dressing up is inevitably a substitute for good ideas. It is no coincidence that technically inept business types are known as "suits. —Robert Half More about this quote Tags: ability Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Ability will never catch up with the demand for it. —Paul Graham More about this quote Tags: ability Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestioned ability of a man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. —Paul Graham More about this quote Tags: ability Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email It is a great ability to be able to conceal one's ability. —Henry David Thoreau More about this quote Tags: ability Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email The trick of it, she told herself, is to be courageous and bold and make a difference. Not change the world exactly, just the bit around you. Go out there with your double-first, your passion and your new Smith Corona electric typewriter and work hard at ... something. Change lives through art maybe. Write beautifully. Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully well. Experience new things. Love and be loved if at all possible. Eat sensibly. Stuff like that. —George Bernard Shaw More about this quote Tags: ability Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Dressing up is inevitably a substitute for good ideas. It is no coincidence that technically inept business types are known as "suits. —Robert Half More about this quote Tags: ability Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it. —Paul Graham More about this quote Tags: ability Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestioned ability of a man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. —Paul Graham More about this quote Tags: ability Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is a great ability to be able to conceal one's ability. —Henry David Thoreau More about this quote Tags: ability Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The trick of it, she told herself, is to be courageous and bold and make a difference. Not change the world exactly, just the bit around you. Go out there with your double-first, your passion and your new Smith Corona electric typewriter and work hard at ... something. Change lives through art maybe. Write beautifully. Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully well. Experience new things. Love and be loved if at all possible. Eat sensibly. Stuff like that. —George Bernard Shaw More about this quote Tags: ability Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email