Quotes by Sir Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton

British scientist, mathematician

Lived from: 1643 - 1727

Category: Scientists Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 4 january 1643 Died: 31 march 1727

  • This most beautiful system [The Universe] could only proceed from the dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.
  • I do not define time, space, place, and motion, as being well known to all.

Quotes 1 till 20 of 22.

1 2 Next 
  • A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.
    ― Sir Isaac Newton
    - +
     0
  • Actioni contrariam semper et æqualem esse reactionem.
    Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica
    ― Sir Isaac Newton
    - +
     0
  • Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.
    Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1687) Preface
    ― Sir Isaac Newton
    - +
     0
  • Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.
    ― Sir Isaac Newton
    - +
     0
  • I do not define time, space, place, and motion, as being well known to all.
    Definitions - Scholium
    ― Sir Isaac Newton
    - +
     0
  • I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
    Joseph Spence, Anecdotes, Observations and Characters, of Books and Men (1820)
    ― Sir Isaac Newton
    - +
     0
  • I keep the subject of my inquiry constantly before me, and wait till the first dawning opens gradually, by little and little, into a full and clear light.
    ― Sir Isaac Newton
    - +
     0
  • I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
    ― Sir Isaac Newton
    - +
     0
  • If I am anything, which I highly doubt, I have made myself so by hard work.
    ― Sir Isaac Newton
    - +
     0
  • If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.
    ― Sir Isaac Newton
    - +
     0
  • If I have made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention than to any other talent.
    ― Sir Isaac Newton
    - +
     0
  • If I have seen further it is by standing on ye shoulders of Giants.
    Letter to Robert Hooke, 15 febr. 1676
    ― Sir Isaac Newton
    - +
     0
  • If I have seen further... it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
    ― Sir Isaac Newton
    - +
     0
  • In science we resemble children collecting a few pebbles at the beach of knowledge, while the wide ocean of the unknown unfolds itself in front of us.
    ― Sir Isaac Newton
    - +
     0
  • My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.
    ― Sir Isaac Newton
    - +
     0
  • Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
    ― Sir Isaac Newton
    - +
     0
  • The Christian ministry is the worst of all trades, but the best of all professions.
    ― Sir Isaac Newton
    - +
     0
  • This most beautiful system [The Universe] could only proceed from the dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.
    ― Sir Isaac Newton
    - +
     0
  • Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.
    Rules for methodizing the Apocalypse Rule 9
    ― Sir Isaac Newton
    - +
     0
  • What goes up must come down.
    ― Sir Isaac Newton
    - +
     0
1 2 Next 
All Sir Isaac Newton famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com

Popular subjects

Popular authors

Questions and Answers

What are the most famous quotes from Sir Isaac Newton?

The two most famous quotes from Sir Isaac Newton are:

  • "A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding."
  • "Actioni contrariam semper et æqualem esse reactionem."

When did Sir Isaac Newton live?

Sir Isaac Newton was born in 1643 and died in the year 1727.