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He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong. |
| in Ignorance Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli |
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If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong.- Arthur C. Clarke
I do not much like to look back with the idea that I was doing it wrong then or I am doing it wrong now.
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
The idea that we are going to win this war is an idea that unfortunately is just plain wrong.
The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar.
