Pierre de Fermat Quotes

If you start with the mindset that you know nothing, you will learn a lot that nobody knew before.

With sincere modesty, if there is such a thing, I have never thought of legacy at all. I am always grateful if people like what I have done. A legacy is something no one can forsee.

That's what Google taught me. Aim higher. Udacity is my playground - to radically experiment and find out. I've seen the light.

We stand on the shoulders of giants - and that's something we can never forget.

It has been observed that a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant will see farther than the giant himself; and the moderns, standing as they do on the vantage ground of former discoveries and uniting all the fruits of the experience of their forefathers, with their own actual observation, may be admitted to enjoy a more enlarged and comprehensive view of things than the ancients themselves.

Much learning shows how little mortals know; much wealth, how little wordings enjoy.

The more I read, the more I realise what I don't know.

I know that my grandfather is 92 years old. And he has seen this country evolve in amazing ways. He looks at South Carolina and he says, wow, what an amazing state that we have the blessing to live within because of the evolution.

There are plenty of dead scientists I admire, but I can't think of any living ones. This is probably because it is only in retrospect that one can see who made the important contributions.

The more you learn, the more you realize how much there is to learn.

When somebody blazes a path to a highway that never end, you should appreciate 'em some.

Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom.

... things that people learn purely out of curiosity can have a revolutionary effect on human affairs.

Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.

I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.

When you sit at the feet of an elder, it changes you.

Curiosity is vital to the growth of our society.

It is good to learn from the ancients. I'm a bit of an ancient myself. They had a lot of time to think about architecture and landscape.

The more we learn the more we realize how little we know.

The boy heaved a sigh. "I would ask to go with you," he said, " but I have to finish my lessons. I so look forward to the day when I know everything. Then I won't have to read any more books or do any more counting." Beatrix smiled. "I don't wish to be discouraging, Rye, but it's not possible to know everything." "Mama does." Rye paused reflectively. "At least, Papa says we mus t pretend she does, because it makes her happy." "Your father," Beatrix informed him with a laugh, " is one of the wisest men I've ever known.

Only one who has learned much can fully appreciate his ignorance.

A person soon learns how little he knows when a child begins to ask questions.

I can't ask for more out of life, and the more I learn, the less I know.

I know not how I seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with while the vast ocean of undiscovered truth lay before me.

As entrepreneurs, we must continue to ask ourselves 'What's next?' It takes humility to realize that we don't know everything, not to rest on our laurels and know that we must keep learning and observing.