Famous quotes containing the words jones and/or yield:
“Come all you rounders if you want to hear
A story bout a brave engineer;
Casey Jones, that was the rounders name
On a heavy eight-wheeler he rode to fame.”
—Unknown. Casey Jones (l. 14)
“The besetting sin of able men is impatience of contradiction and of criticism. Even those who do their best to resist the temptation, yield to it almost unconsciously and become the tools of toadies and flatterers. Authorities, disciples, and schools are the curse of science and do more to interfere with the work of the scientific spirit than all its enemies.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (182595)
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