standing on the shoulders of giants??

[gonzo00]

who gave the above speech and when??
thanks in advance! :0)

[Quizmonster]

The phrase was used by Bernard of Chartres in the early 1100s AD and repeated by Isaac Newton in a letter dated 5th February 1676. As part of a speech, as such, I have no idea.

[Phuckeruppa]

My English master used it all the time.

[Bbbananas]

If I have seen further than other men - it is by standing on the shoulders of giats. Or words to that effect.

That is one of my favourite quotes.
It always reminds me of my dad.

(Oasis also had a song about it...)

[wakeover]

It reminds me that I have a �2 coin in my pocket 'cos that's what is written around the edge.

[TorahBoy]

Dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants (Latin: nanos gigantum humeris insidentes) is a Western metaphor meaning "One who develops future intellectual pursuits by understanding the research and works created by notable thinkers of the past"; a contemporary interpretation. However, the metaphor was first recorded in the twelfth century and attributed to Bernard of Chartres. It was famously used by the seventeenth-century scientist Isaac Newton who wrote it as: Pigmaei gigantum humeris impositi plusquam ipsi gigantes vident