Large Thrust

Famous quotes containing the words large and/or thrust:

“A large tree may have some withered twigs; a large family may have some ne’er-do-well offspring.”
—Chinese proverb.

“I have always been, am, and propose to remain a mere scholar. All that I have ever proposed to myself is to say, this and this I have learned; thus and thus have I learned it; go thou and learn better; but do not thrust on my shoulders the responsibility for your own laziness if you elect to take, on my authority, conclusions the value of which you ought to have tested for yourself.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)