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If I have not seen so far it is because I stood in giant's footsteps.

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the
shoulders of giants.
                -- Isaac Newton

In the sciences, we are now uniquely privileged to sit side by side with
the giants on whose shoulders we stand.
                -- Gerald Holton

If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on
my shoulders.
                -- Hal Abelson

Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders.
                -- Gauss

Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders while computer scientists
stand on each other's toes.
                -- Richard Hamming

It has been said that physicists stand on one another's shoulders.  If
this is the case, then programmers stand on one another's toes, and
software engineers dig each other's graves.
                -- Unknown

If I have to lay an egg for my country, I'll do it.
                -- Bob Hope

If I knew what brand [of whiskey] he drinks,
I would send a barrel or so to my other generals.
                -- Abraham Lincoln, on General Grant

If I love you, what business is it of yours?
                -- Goethe

If I love you, what business is it of yours?
                -- Johann van Goethe

If I made peace with Russia today, I'd only attack her again tomorrow.  I
just couldn't help myself.
                -- Adolf Hitler

If I promised you the moon and the stars, would you believe it?
                -- Alan Parsons Project

If I set here and stare at nothing long enough, people might think
I'm an engineer working on something.
                -- S.R. McElroy

If I told you you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?