engrprof:

serafinastuff:

sometimes i feel like a walking collection of quotations

then i realize that i can only see so far because i stand on the shoulders of giants

#not sure if this is a joke
#though tbh the ‘giants’ probably felt like thy were standing on their own giants
#and it’s not like i just accept all the ideas of a few people
#more like i take bits and pieces from wherever and arrange them into a dynamic bundle that is me
#can be difficult to manage at times
#but im standing on constantly shifting pieces of people just doesn’t have the same ring

I like “standing on constantly shifting pieces of people!”
And the best giants definitely gave credit to those who came before.

It is a joke, though:

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.

– Sir Isaac Newton