John Wallis (1616–1703) English mathematician
Dr. Wallis's Account of some Passages of his own Life (1696)
“I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.”
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American author and egyptologist 1927–2013Related quotes
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“It may be asked, if He, as appears, has chosen to employ inferior organisms as a generative medium”
Robert Chambers (publisher, born 1802) book Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
Source: Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation (1844), p. 235
Context: It may be asked, if He, as appears, has chosen to employ inferior organisms as a generative medium for the production of higher ones, even including ourselves, what right have we, his humble creatures, to find fault? There is, also, in this prejudice, an element of unkindliness towards the lower animals, which is utterly out of place. These creatures are all of them part products of the Almighty Conception, as well as ourselves.... Let us regard them in a proper spirit, as parts of the grand plan, instead of contemplating them in the light of frivolous prejudices, and we shall be altogether at a loss to see how there should be any degradation in the idea of our race having been genealogically connected with them.
“I don't know what I'm doing, but my incompetence has never stopped my enthusiasm.”
Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
Variant: I have no idea what I am doing but incompetence has never prevented me from plunging in with enthusiasm.
