More From Sydney Smith
- "Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect."
- "Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship."
- "Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty."
More In Science
- "Of the two, I would think of my work as closer to Science Fiction than Fantasy."― Jean M. Auel
- "Indeed, the whole human species is endangered, by nuclear weapons or by other means of wholesale destruction which further advances in science are likely to produce."― Joseph Rotblat
- "Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one’s living at it."― Albert Einstein