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Thomas Edison: Keep on the...

Thomas Edison: Keep on the...

Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its...

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Isaac Newton: Hypotheses non fingo.'...

Isaac Newton: Hypotheses non fingo.'...

'Hypotheses non fingo.' I feign no hypotheses.

Source: 'Principia mathematica',...

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Blaise Pascal: If you would...

Blaise Pascal: If you would...

If you would have people speak well of you, then do not speak well of yourself.

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George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon: These things [subject...

George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon: These things [subject...

These things [subject matter] are external to the man; style is the man.

Source:...

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Charles Darwin: I have steadily...

Charles Darwin: I have steadily...

I have steadily endeavoured to keep my mind free so to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved (and I cannot...

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Edward Teller: No endeavor that...

Edward Teller: No endeavor that...

No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in...

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Albert Einstein: If I had...

Albert Einstein: If I had...

If I had my life to live over again, I would elect to be a trader of goods rather than a student of science. I think...

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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Less is more....

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Less is more....

Less is more.

Source: New York Herald Tribune, 1959.
-- Ludwig Mies van der...

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Philip Johnson: I hate vacations....

Philip Johnson: I hate vacations....

I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach?

Source: In...

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Nicolas Copernicus: If there be...

Nicolas Copernicus: If there be...

If there be some who, though ignorant of all mathematics . . . dare to reprove this work, because of some passage of...

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John Burroughs: It is always...

John Burroughs: It is always...

It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.

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Orlando A Battista: The greatest weakness...

Orlando A Battista: The greatest weakness...

The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're still...

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Charles Steinmetz: I am a...

Charles Steinmetz: I am a...

I am a firm believer in socialism and I know that the quicker you have monopoly in this country the quicker you will...

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Hans Selye: Adopting the right...

Hans Selye: Adopting the right...

Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.

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Leo Szilard: I'm all in...

Leo Szilard: I'm all in...

I'm all in favor of the democratic principle that one idiot is as good as one genius, but I draw the line when someone...

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Martin H Fischer: In diagnosis think...

Martin H Fischer: In diagnosis think...

In diagnosis think of the easy first.

Source: Fischerisms, by Howard Fabing and Ray...

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Deborah Tannen: The biggest mistake...

Deborah Tannen: The biggest mistake...

The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation -- or a...

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Henri Rousseau: We are the...

Henri Rousseau: We are the...

We are the two great painters of this era; you are in the Egyptian style, I in the modern...

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Andy Warhol: I'm afraid that...

Andy Warhol: I'm afraid that...

I'm afraid that if I look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning.

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James McNeill Whistler: If other people...

James McNeill Whistler: If other people...

If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.

Source: In The...

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