“I'm not smart. I try to observe. Millions saw the apple fall but Newton was the one who asked why.”
Bernard Baruch (1870–1965) American businessman
New York Post (24 June 1965)
“I'm not smart, but I like to observe.
Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why”
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Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why" by William Hazlitt?
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