The description of right lines and circles, upon which geometry is founded, belongs to mechanics. Geometry does not teach us to draw these lines, but requires them to be drawn.
ISAAC NEWTONThe description of right lines and circles, upon which geometry is founded, belongs to mechanics. Geometry does not teach us to draw these lines, but requires them to be drawn.
ISAAC NEWTONI have explained the phenomena of the heavens and of our sea by the force of gravity, but I have not yet assigned a cause to gravity.
ISAAC NEWTONI feign no hypotheses.
ISAAC NEWTONYou have to make the rules, not follow them.
ISAAC NEWTONPhilosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her.
ISAAC NEWTONWhen two forces unite, their efficiency double.
ISAAC NEWTONA body in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force.
ISAAC NEWTONPlato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.
ISAAC NEWTONThe moon gravitates towards the earth and by the force of gravity is continually drawn off from a rectilinear motion and retained in its orbit.
ISAAC NEWTONAn object in motion tends to remain in motion along a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force.
ISAAC NEWTONPictures, propagated by motion along the fibers of the optic nerves in the brain, are the cause of vision.
ISAAC NEWTONIf I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.
ISAAC NEWTONEvery particle of matter is attracted by or gravitates to every other particle of matter with a force inversely proportional to the squares of their distances.
ISAAC NEWTONThe best way to understanding is a few good examples.
ISAAC NEWTONGod’ is a relative word and has a respect to servants, and ‘Deity’ is the dominion of God, not over his own body, as those imagine who fancy God to be the soul of the world, but over servants.
ISAAC NEWTONI consider my greatest accomplishment to be lifelong celibacy.
ISAAC NEWTON