Tullius Julius Quotes & Sayings

A thoughtful observer of the scientific betting shop, the biologist Sir Peter Medawar, has said: 'I cannot give any scientist of any age better advice than this: the intensity of the conviction that a hypothesis is true has no bearing on whether it is true or not.' But as Medawar goes on to note, conviction is an incentive to work. Science is one of the most passionate of human activities: how else would researchers be sustained through the long weeks or years of drudgery, why otherwise should Hoyle and Wickramasinghe spend so much time in correspondence with school matrons? If appearances contradict this, it is because all gamblers pride themselves on keeping their outward cool. — Nigel Calder

The more clear you are about what you want, the more motivated and determined you will be to accomplish it. — Brian Tracy

The reason that 'guru' is such a popular word is because 'charlatan' is so hard to spell. — William J. Bernstein

I leave for the guidance of other revolutionaries, who may tread the path which I have trod, this advice; never treat with the enemy, never to surrender to his mercy, but to fight to a finish. — Eamonn Ceannt

When I notice how carefully arranged his hair is and when I watch him adjusting the parting with one finger, I cannot imagine that this man could conceive of such a wicked thing as to destroy the Roman constitution. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Self-awareness involves deep personal honesty. It comes from asking and answering hard questions. — Stephen Covey

Not to sound cynical, but all you ever learn in prison is how to be a better criminal. — Ras Kass