Stagger Quotes (3 quotes)
No one in his senses, or imbued with the slightest knowledge of physics, will ever think that the earth, heavy and unwieldy from its own weight and mass, staggers up and down around its own center and that of the sun; for at the slightest jar of the earth, we would see cities and fortresses, towns and mountains thrown down.
Universae Naturae Theatrum (1597). In Dorothy Stimson, The Gradual Acceptance of the Copernican Theory of the Universe (1917), 45.
Sometimes I think were alone in the universe, and sometimes I think were not. In either case, the idea is quite staggering.
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[Richard Drew] always encouraged his people to pursue ideas
He said, If its a dumb idea, youll find out. Youll smack into that brick wall, then youll stagger back and see another opportunity that you wouldnt have seen otherwise.
— Art Fry
As quoted in W. James McNerney Jr., A Century of Innovation: The 3M Story (2002), 68. (Note: The quote is in the words of Art Fry, as a recollection, and not necessarily a verbatim quote as spoken by Drew.)