No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life. – Thomas Huxley
My experience of the world is that things left to themselves dont get right. – Thomas Huxley
Books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science. – Thomas Huxley
Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to truth. – Thomas Huxley
Brits and Americans have hundreds of different phrases for the same thing. Luckily, its usually a source of amusement rather than frustration. A flashlight by any other name is still a torch. My personal favourite is fairy lights, which we boringly refer to as Christmas lights. – Sloane Crosley