Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–1799) German scientist, satirist
F 8
Aphorisms (1765-1799), Notebook F (1776-1779)
Sermon (1899)
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–1799) German scientist, satirist
F 8
Aphorisms (1765-1799), Notebook F (1776-1779)
Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989) British writer
On how her novels are typically received by critics (as quoted in “Why Daphne du Maurier was Britain’s mistress of suspense” http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170609-why-daphne-du-maurier-was-britains-mistress-of-suspense in The Guardian; 2017 Jun 13)
Antonin Scalia (1936–2016) former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Edwards v. Aguillard, 482 U.S. 578 (1987) (dissenting) http://www.belcherfoundation.org/edwards_v_aguillard_dissent.htm <br class="br">Has been misleadingly quoted without Scalia's statements attributing the assertions to witness testimony paragraphs earlier, "Before summarizing the testimony of Senator Keith and his supporters, I wish to make clear that I by no means intend to endorse its accuracy... Senator Keith and his witnesses testified essentially as set forth in the following numbered paragraphs:", as in Michael Stone, " Scalia Commencement Speech Supports Young Earth Creationism http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2015/06/scalia-commencement-speech-supports-young-earth-creationism/" (), Progressive Secular Humanist, Patheos. <br class="br">Misattributed
Benjamin Fish Austin (1850–1933) Nineteenth-century Canadian educator/Methodist Minister/Spiritualist
Defence at his Heresy Trial
“Arise then… women of this day!
Arise, all women who have hearts!”
Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910) American abolitionist, social activist, and poet
Mother's Day Proclamation (1870)
Peter Medawar (1915–1987) scientist
"Hypothesis and Imagination" (Times Literary Supplement, 25 Oct 1963)
1960s
Jacob Bronowski (1908–1974) Polish-born British mathematician
as quoted in American Journal of Physics, 44(2), p176, 1976-02
unsorted
Science and Human Values (1956, 1965)