"If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders." - Hal Abelson

"To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour." - William Blake

"The eye sees what it brings the power to see." - Thomas Carlyle

"In the sciences, we are now uniquely privileged to sit side by side with the giants on whose shoulders we stand." - Holton, Gerald

"An age is called 'dark', not because the light fails to shine but because people refuse to see it." - Michener, James

"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants. C; in 'Letter to Robert Hooke, February 5, 1675/1676'" - Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727)

"In computer science, we stand on each other's feet." - Reid, Brian K.