From the Fortune File

from the unix fortune file:

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.
— Isaac Newton

In the sciences, we are now uniquely privileged to sit side by side with the giants on whose shoulders we stand.
— Gerald Holton

If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders.
— Hal Abelson

In computer science, we stand on each other’s feet.
— Brian K. Reid

Comments

2 responses to “From the Fortune File”

  1. Carolyn

    Oh, Alec! You are too funny! 🙂

  2. >You are too funny!

    I can’t take credit at all for this one; I’ve had a call to /usr/games/fortune in my ~/.logout for a long time, this one is one of my favourites…

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