William Whewell Quotes

Bent metal is worse than bent wood and weight for weight is more flexible.

Much bending breaks the bow; much unbending the mind.

If a person remains tense for a long time he might not notice it himself, but it’s like his nerves are a piece of rubber that has been stretched out. It’s hard to go back to the original shape.

Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravity.

You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.

He hits it long. His shoulders are impressively quick through the ball. That's where he's getting his power from. He's young and has great elasticity.

I like physics. I think it is the best science out of all three of them, because generally it's more useful. You learn about speed and velocity and time, and that's all clever stuff.

Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument.

I felt tight from the beginning of the match to the end. I couldn't relax.

An object in motion tends to remain in motion along a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force.

Let it be remembered, too, that at a time of war, nearly every one is under great strain.

The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.

My dad used to call me 'the human pretzel' because I was able to bend my body, and because my legs are very long.

The bow kept taut will quickly break, kept loosely strung, it will serve you when you need it.

I'm not trying to achieve perfection. I don't like this forced control people have over work.

I'm very structured. I like planning things out. I get frustrated when they don't go according to plan.

I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

We know there is gravity because apples fall from trees. We can observe gravity in daily life. If we could throw an apple to the edge of the universe, we would observe it accelerating.

Tension is the great integrity.

The great American game should be an unrelenting war of nerves.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

The universe is composed of matter, and, as a system, is sustained by motion. Motion is not a property of matter, and without this motion the solar system could not exist.