6+ Willis R. Whitney Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Willis R. Whitney quotes and sayings.

In the advance of civilization, it is new knowledge which paves the way, and the pavement is eternal. — Willis R. Whitney

Somebody is always reflectively monkeying with some of the parts of an infinite universe - monkeying as distinct from aping. — Willis R. Whitney

I happen to be a kind of monkey. I have a monkeylike curiosity that makes me want to feel, smell, and taste things which arouse my curiosity, then to take them apart. It was born in me. Not everybody is like that, but a scientific researchist should be. Any fool can show me an experiment is useless. I want a man who will try it and get something out of it. — Willis R. Whitney

The valuable attributes of research men are conscious ignorance and active curiosity. — Willis R. Whitney

A persistent and age-old instinct makes us want to wander Into regions yet untrod And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God. — Willis R. Whitney

Research is appreciation. — Willis R. Whitney