Bronowski Ascent Quotes

#1. Sex was invented as a biological instrument by (say) the green algae. But as an instrument in the ascent of man which is basic to his cultural evolution, it was invented by man himself.

Jacob Bronowski

#2. I call that brilliant sequence of cultural peaks The Ascent of Man.

Jacob Bronowski

#3. It's also interesting to notice that most of the best Finnish speculative writers are women.

Toni Jerrman

#4. I leaned on him for support when I got out of the cab, and he just crumpled to the ground. That's how we found out.

Mickey Mantle

#5. The largest single step in the ascent of man is the change from nomad to village agriculture.

Jacob Bronowski

#6. Science is a very human form of knowledge. We are always at the brink of the known; we always feel forward for what is to be hoped. Every judgment in science stands on the edge of error and is personal. Science is a tribute to what we can know although we are fallible.

Jacob Bronowski

#7. Every judgment in science stands on the edge of error, and is personal.

Jacob Bronowski

#8. That series of inventions by which man from age to age has remade his environment is a different kind of evolution
not biological, but cultural evolution ... The Ascent of Man.

Jacob Bronowski

#9. Now I have shed my first blood. I feel no qualms, no pride, no remorse. There is only a weary indifference that will follow me throughout the war.

Audie Murphy

#10. Some streets are dangerous as frothing dogs, where no amount of care will keep you safe.

Patrick Rothfuss

#11. The world is always outside. And it is in the world that we must live.

Lian Hearn

#12. Who are YOU? said the Caterpillar.

Lewis Carroll

#13. The most powerful drive in the ascent of man is his pleasure in his own skill. He loves to do what he does well. And having done it well, he loves to do it better.

Jacob Bronowski