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Martin H. Fischer

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“You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage.”
Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) first seen 1943 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in ‪Encore : A Continuing Anthology‬ (December 1943) edited by Smith Dent, "Fischerisms" p. 709
“A conclusion is the place where you got tired thinking.”
Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) first seen 1945 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in ‪Encore : A Continuing Anthology‬ (March 1945) edited by Smith Dent, "Fischerisms" p. 309
“Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.”
Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) first seen 1945 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in ‪Encore : A Continuing Anthology‬ (March 1945) edited by Smith Dent, "Fischerisms" p. 309
“A machine has value only as it produces more than it consumes — so check your value to the community.”
Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Quote Unquote (A Handbook of Quotations) (2005) by M. P. Singh, p. 86
“Any man who does not make himself proficient in at least two languages other than his own is a fool”
Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the exceptions.”
Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Diagnosis is not the end, but the beginning of practice.”
Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Don't despise empiric truth. Lots of things work in practice for which the laboratory has never found proof.”
Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Facts are not science — as the dictionary is not literature.”
Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Here's good advice for practice: go into partnership with nature; she does more than half the work and asks none of the fee.”
Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The great doctors all got their education off dirt pavements and poverty — not marble floors and foundations.”
Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The specialist is a man who fears other subjects.”
Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“None of the great discoveries was made by a "specialist" or a "researcher".”
Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Research has been called good business, a necessity, a gamble, a game. It is none of these — it's a state of mind.”
Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is only one reason why men become addicted to drugs — they are weak men. Only strong men are cured, and they cure themselves.”
Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When a man lacks mental balance in pneumonia he is said to be delirious. When he lacks mental balance without the pneumonia, he is pronounced insane by all smart doctors.”
Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Whenever ideas fail, men invent words.”
Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source