Willis R. Whitney Quotes & Sayings

Top 5 Willis R. Whitney Quotes

#1. A persistent and age-old instinct makes us want to wander
Into regions yet untrod
And read what is still unread
In the manuscripts of God.

#2. Research is appreciation.

#3. The valuable attributes of research men are conscious ignorance and active curiosity.

#4. Somebody is always reflectively monkeying with some of the parts of an infinite universe - monkeying as distinct from aping.

#5. In the advance of civilization, it is new knowledge which paves the way, and the pavement is eternal.