Advantage

Famous quotes containing the word advantage:

    “I perceive I have not really understood any thing, not a single
    object, and that no man ever can,
    Nature here in sight of the sea taking advantage of me to dart upon me and sting me,
    Because I have dared to open my mouth to sing at all.”
    —Walt Whitman (1819–1892)

    “The education of females has been exclusively directed to fit them for displaying to advantage the charms of youth and beauty. ... though well to decorate the blossom, it is far better to prepare for the harvest.”
    —Emma Hart Willard (1787–1870)

    “Scientists are human—they’re as biased as any other group. But they do have one great advantage in that science is a self-correcting process.”
    —Cyril Ponnamperuma (b. 1923)