There is no wisdom that can take the place of humanity, and we find that in Chaucer. We can expand at last in his breadth, and we ...think that we could have been that man's acquaintance. He was worthy to be a citizen of England, while Petrarch and Boccaccio lived in Italy, and Tell and Tamerlane in Switzerland and in Asia, and Bruce in Scotland, and Wickliffe and Gower and Edward the Third and John of Gaunt and the Black Prince were his own countrymen as well as contemporaries; all stout and stirring names. The fame of Roger Bacon came down from the preceding century, and the name of Dante still possessed the influence of a living presence.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Argument is conclusive ... but ... it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless ...it finds it by the method of experiment.... For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns ... his hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it ... that he might learn by experiment what argument taught.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
All science requires mathematics. The knowledge of mathematical things is almost innate in us.... This is the easiest of sciences,... a fact which is obvious in that no one's brain rejects it; for laymen and people who are utterly illiterate know how to count and reckon.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Professor: War is hell, Mr. Thornhill, even if it's just a cold one. Roger Thornhill: If you fellows can't lick the Vandamms ...of this world without asking girls like her to bed down with them, and fly away with them, and probably never come back, perhaps you ought to start learning how to lose a few cold wars. Professor: I'm afraid we're already doing that.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Roger Thornhill: Tell me, how does a girl like you get to be a girl like you? Eve Kendall: Lucky I guess.... Roger Thornhill: No, not lucky. Naughty, wicked, up to no good. Ever kill anyone? Because I bet you could tease a man to death without half trying. So stop trying.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Roger Thornhill: Has life been like that? Eve Kendall: Uhm mm.... Roger Thornhill: How come? Eve Kendall: Men like you. Roger Thornhill: What's wrong with men like me? Eve Kendall: They don't believe in marriage. Roger Thornhill: I've been married twice. Eve Kendall: See what I mean?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Roger Thornhill: You're police, aren't you. Or is it FBI? Professor: FBI, CIA, Oââ¬âI--we're all in the same alphab...et soup.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »