Stand On The Shoulders Quotes

#1. You have been blessed to stand on the shoulders of giants. Make sure that someone stands on yours as well. This is the only way of human progress.

Chris Matakas

#2. It's easier to reach for the stars when you stand on the shoulders of giants.

C.J. Peters

#3. Genius may stand on the shoulders of giants, but it stands alone.

Tom Robbins

#4. We all stand on the shoulders of our ancestors. We're in a relay race, relying on the financial and human capital of our parents and grandparents. Blacks were shackled for the early part of that relay race, and although many of the fetters have come off, whites have developed a huge lead.

Nicholas Kristof

#5. We see further because we stand on the shoulders of giants.

Hugh Martin

#6. Scientists are really very conscious of the fact that they stand on the shoulders of an enormous tree of preceding workers and that their own contribution is not so enormous.

Martin Fleischmann

#7. Science is supposedly the method by which we stand on the shoulders of those who came before us. In computer science, we all are standing on each others' feet.

Gerald J. Popek

#8. It's hopeless," he went on. "We no longer have the learning of the ancients, the age of giants is past!"
"We are dwarfs," William admitted, "but dwarfs who stand on the shoulders of those giants, and small though we are, we sometimes manage to see farther on the horizon than they.

Umberto Eco

#9. I stand on the shoulders of countless people, yet there is one extraordinary person who is my life aspiration. That person is my mother, Celina Sotomayor.

Sonia Sotomayor

#10. We, today, stand on the shoulders of our predecessors who have gone before us. We, as their successors, must catch the torch of freedom and liberty passed on to us by our ancestors. We cannot lose in this battle.

Benjamin E. Mays

#11. Scientists do stand on the shoulders of giants, just as do writers. Conversely, in the arts we do make discoveries. We do refine our tools. So I am arguing with, or at least playing with, the idea that art never improves.

Ian McEwan

#12. With books we stand on the shoulders of giants.

John Locke

#13. If you add your hot passion to the cold attitude of another person, it becomes lukewarm. Don't stand on the toes of dwarfs; stand on the shoulders of giants!

Israelmore Ayivor

#14. We all stand on the shoulders of the past generation.

John C. Maxwell

#15. That's exciting because to create new value in the robot space quickly, you need to stand on the shoulders of other technological developments.

Colin Angle

#16. As an African-American, we stand on the shoulders of people who fought despite not seeing victories in their lifetime or even in their children's lifetime or even in their grandchildren's lifetime. So fatalism isn't really an option.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

#17. I stand on the shoulders of women who marched before me.

Maria Shriver

#18. As I go about my work as Premier, I know I stand on the shoulders of giants.

Anna Bligh

#19. Some say they stand on the shoulders of giants. True. But have they ever tried walking like one?

Jill Telford

#20. And because you can stand on the shoulders of giants, you can accomplish something quickly.

Michael Crichton

#21. In the early ages men ruled by strength; now they rule by brain, and so long as there is only one man in the world who can think and plan, he will stand head and shoulders above him who cannot.

Henry Ward Beecher

#22. Help others get ahead. you will always stand taller with someone else on your shoulders.

Bob Moawad

#23. A lot of stand-up comedians are actually very insecure, and they come on slightly battling the audience. They want to be the superior person in the room, sneering at the world. That can be very funny. But to me, what's more interesting is that the world is on my shoulders, and it's pushing me down.

Stephen Merchant

#24. In the sciences, we are now uniquely privileged to sit side-by-side with the giants on whose shoulders we stand.

Gerald Holton

#25. We should never forget those on whose shoulders we stand and those who paid the supreme price for freedom.

Nelson Mandela

#26. Canada doesn't stand behind Israel; we stand shoulder-to-shoulder with it.

John Baird

#27. Fantasy has had some problems with being too repetitive, in my opinion. I try to read what other people are doing - and say, 'How can I add to this rather than just recycle it? How can I stand on Tolkien's shoulders rather than stand tied to his kneecaps?'

Brandon Sanderson

#28. I'll never be able to fill my father's or grandfather's shoes, but hopefully I can stand on their shoulders and reach farther.

Philippe Cousteau Jr.

#29. you raise me up so i can stand on mountains you raise me up to walk on stormy seas i am strong when i am on your shoulders you raise me up to more than i can be

Brendan Graham

#30. The moose is singularly grotesque and awkward to look at. Why should it stand so high at the shoulders? Why have so long a head? Why have no tail to speak of?

Henry David Thoreau

#31. Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders.

Carl Friedrich Gauss

#32. Stand up, be bold, and take the blame on your own shoulders. Do not go about throwing mud at others; for all the faults you suffer from, you are the sole and only cause.

Swami Vivekananda

#33. in spite of the cold, this ash tree does not shy
from shrugging off its coat, sloping its nude
shoulders to the night. So, you said, undo,
unbutton, unclasp, slowly remove. Let down your
hair, breathe out. Stand stark in this room until
we remember how not to feel the chill.

Ruby Robinson

#34. As an author, one of the most important things I think you can do once you've written a novel is step back. When the book is out, it belongs to the readers and you can't stand there breathing over their shoulders.

Madeline Miller

#35. I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I know who has achieved.

Vernon Jordan

#36. Newton said, 'If I have seen further than others, it is because I've stood on the shoulders of giants.' These days we stand on each other's feet!

Richard Hamming

#37. From the shoulders, slowly a pair of wings unfolded, wings made of rainbows, of light upon water, of poetry.
Calvin fell to his knees.
"No," Mrs. Whatsit said, though her voice was not Mrs. Whatsit's voice. "Not to me Calvin. Never to me. Stand up.

Madeleine L'Engle

#38. I really want women to throw their shoulders back and stand up straight and use their big girl voices and not feel like they're compromising their femininity to be strong and smart.

Katie Aselton

#39. You stand out in the crowd only because you have these many, many carrying you on their shoulders.

Desmond Tutu