Joseph Gies Quotes

“I try to learn one new thing a week to balance the one thing I forget a week but lately I forget three things a week.”

“The fact that a reactionary can sometimes be right is a little less recognized that the fact that a liberal can be. . . .”

“Gie me a spark o' nature's fire that's a' the learning I desire.”

“O wad some power the giftie gie us to see some people before they see us.”

“O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us!”

“Medieval Technology? The Middle Ages invented among other things the crank the horse collar eyeglasses the flying buttress the stirrup the windmill the wheelbarrow printing firearms paper the canal lock the compass the rudder the mechanical clock the spinning wheel and the treadle.”

“Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion.”

“Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion.”

“O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us. It wad frae money a blunder free us And foolish notion.”

“O, wad some Power the giftie gie usTo see oursels as others see us!It wad frae monie a blunder free us,An' foolish notion.”