18 April 2022
Tom Peters Daily, Weekly Quote
“A scientist studies what is, whereas an engineer creates what never was.”
Theodore von Kármán (1881–1963) Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer and physicist
Theoretical foundations for decision making in engineering design https://www.nap.edu/read/10566/chapter/2 (National Academy Press, 2001)
Rajinikanth (1950) Indian actor
G M Adishesh, his friend
You can see God in him at times (22 December 1999)
“To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.”
Dogen (1200–1253) Japanese Zen buddhist teacher
Source: As quoted in Exploring the Inner World : A Guidebook for Personal Growth and Renewal (1974) by Tolbert McCarroll, p. 6
G. I. Gurdjieff (1866–1949) influential spiritual teacher, Armenian philosopher, composer and writer
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)
“Study Herod, madame, study Herod.”
Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist
When asked about how to rear obnoxious children by an irritating interviewer. http://books.google.com/books?id=dUgPxKzVq9AC&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=study+herod+madame+study+herod&source=bl&ots=_I14EG7TXF&sig=_iMbpV_AKe9HZ2U8L0Xi93jcAe8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vWl5VJvXLqy1sQSw74HADg&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=study%20herod%20madame%20study%20herod&f=false
“Literature is not a subject of study, but an object of study.”
Northrop Frye (1912–1991) Canadian literary critic and literary theorist
"Quotes", Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays (1957), Polemical Introduction
“To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.”
Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
Variant: Learning without reflection is a waste, reflection without learning is dangerous.
Source: The Analects, Chapter II
“Study the historian before you begin to study the facts.”
Edward Hallett Carr What Is History?
Source: What Is History?
“Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.”
Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
