WIST Quotations

Cash, Johnny -- “So Heavenly Minded, You’re No Earthly Good”

Dave — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 17:58:39 +0000

Come heed me, my brothers, come heed, one and all
Don’t brag about standing or you’ll surely fall
You’re shining your light and shine it you should
But you’re so heavenly minded, you’re no earthly good

If you’re holding heaven, then spread it around
There’s hungry hands reaching up here from the ground
Move over and share the high ground where you stood
So heavenly minded, you’re no earthly good

John R. "Johnny" Cash (1932–2003) American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, author
“So Heavenly Minded, You’re No Earthly Good”
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Kettering, Charles F. -- (Attributed)

Dave — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 17:34:45 +0000

If I want to stop a research program I can always do it by getting a few experts to sit in on the subject, because they know right away that it was a fool thing to try in the first place.

Charles F. Kettering (1876–1958) American inventor, engineer, researcher, businessman
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Bacon, Francis -- “Of Studies,” Essays, No. 50 (1625)

Dave — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:51:01 +0000

Studies themselves give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded by experience.

Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English philosopher, scientist, author, statesman
“Of Studies,” Essays, No. 50 (1625)
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