General Sayings

By the way, Professor, you know that paper in which you say those quantities are analogous... Did you know they're proportional?

A good gulp of hot whisky at bedtime—it's not very scientific, but it helps.

Did you make a convert of the obstinate antivaxinist at Lello?

Give me twenty-six soldiers of lead and I will conquer the world.

This new form of communication could have some utility.

Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.

Never underestimate the joy people derive from hearing something they already know.

Like thousands of other boys, I had a little chemical laboratory in our cellar and think that some of our friends thought me a bit crazy.

It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.

The different sorts of madness are innumerable.

But truly, if I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also.

Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit!

They'll put us on a ship and haul us to London in a cage, is what they'll do.

If you're afraid - don't do it, - if you're doing it - don't be afraid!

He wished he had his POCKETS full, too.

Mother Dear, one day I'm going to turn this world upside down.

Religions have been basis of the tyranny of kings and sultans.

These men, Qin Shi Huang declared, claimed to be sorcerers. If they really had magic powers, then they could bring themselves back to life.

Even if the skies were shorter than my knees, I would not kneel.