tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post3894137405362605241..comments2024-03-29T02:45:10.096-05:00Comments on nanoscale views: Quote verification?Douglas Natelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340091255404229559noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-49320677451158006562023-09-25T20:26:18.082-05:002023-09-25T20:26:18.082-05:00Or Lincoln or ChurchillOr Lincoln or ChurchillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-32898259261836476932016-10-18T22:00:30.639-05:002016-10-18T22:00:30.639-05:00As near as I can tell it was Schumacher Ernst Frie...As near as I can tell it was Schumacher Ernst Friedrich Schumacher, “Small is Beautiful,” The Radical Humanist 37, no.5 (August 1973) 22.<br /><br />However, so many attribute it to Einstein, I was wondering if Schumacher "borrowed" it from him. I'd love to know too because I have to cite it in a book.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03972254362750503180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-48620904690221618492016-01-05T01:49:29.831-06:002016-01-05T01:49:29.831-06:00It was Schumacher: https://books.google.com/books?...It was Schumacher: https://books.google.com/books?id=oA0IAQAAIAAJ&q=%22more+violent%22#search_anchorKristinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-3160067926285812982011-11-30T00:04:44.471-06:002011-11-30T00:04:44.471-06:00It was E.F. Schumacher. Primary source here:
http:...It was E.F. Schumacher. Primary source here:<br />http://justinknoll.posterous.com/things-einstein-never-said-any-intelligent-fojhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03492117569677986755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-44264620008438363052011-11-24T03:12:02.663-06:002011-11-24T03:12:02.663-06:00I guess, it makes far more sense to attribute that...I guess, it makes far more sense to attribute that quote to Michael Schumacher the German Formula One racing driver and seven-time World Champion.rajudahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785120414798400093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-17211691630398340462011-06-07T09:17:15.310-05:002011-06-07T09:17:15.310-05:00I believe it was Aristotle who said, "Google ...I believe it was Aristotle who said, "Google is never wrong. Don't believe me? Look it up on Wikipedia."Mike Bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07684740645243659226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-25905579845999244232007-03-15T10:55:00.000-05:002007-03-15T10:55:00.000-05:00Or Oscar Wilde.Or Oscar Wilde.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-69500224159775807332007-03-13T22:54:00.000-05:002007-03-13T22:54:00.000-05:00Nah. As anyone knows, if it's a worthwhile quote,...Nah. As anyone knows, if it's a worthwhile quote, it came from Mark Twain.<BR/><BR/>Or William Shakespeare. Could be Shakespeare.<BR/><BR/>:)gilroy0https://www.blogger.com/profile/13586592076460054599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-32267256135826033292007-03-13T20:37:00.000-05:002007-03-13T20:37:00.000-05:00Google vote tally: when searching on '"any intell...Google vote tally: when searching on '"any intelligent fool" einstein', google turns up 38500 hits. When searching on '"any intelligent fool" schumacher', google turns up 590 hits. I suspect the Schumacher origin is correct. I came upon an interview transcript with an ecology group where he uses a similar turn of phrase, though not that exact one.Douglas Natelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340091255404229559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-54445100091213579782007-03-13T20:03:00.000-05:002007-03-13T20:03:00.000-05:00To provide a few potentially relevant quotations:"...To provide a few potentially relevant quotations:<BR/><BR/>"Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another" - Ambrose Bierce, somebody famous<BR/><BR/>"People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first." - David H. Comins, somebody nobody has ever heard ofAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-20921055407288934592007-03-13T15:42:00.000-05:002007-03-13T15:42:00.000-05:00Look at books.google.com:http://books.google.com/b...Look at books.google.com:<BR/><BR/>http://books.google.com/books?q=Any+intelligent+fool+can+make+things+bigger%2C+more+complex%2C+and+more+violent.&btnG=Search+Books&as_brr=0<BR/><BR/>I would be real careful with Einstein quotes - there is so many misattributions! If you are not sure who the author of some quote is, tell the audience it was Einstein (or someone similarly smart) who said it.<BR/><BR/>It appears that the quote is attributed both to Einstein and E.F. Schumacher. In all likelihood it was the latter.NONEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10714684038171784902noreply@blogger.com