Shawn Achor Quotes

It is difficult to fly without wings.

No battle can be won in the study, and theory without practice is dead.

In order to arrive at knowledge of the motions of birds in the air, it is first necessary to acquire knowledge of the winds, which we will prove by the motions of water in itself, and this knowledge will be a step enabling us to arrive at the knowledge of beings that fly between the air and the wind.

Fly flight is just a great phenomenon to study. It has everything - from the most sophisticated sensory biology; really, really interesting physics; really interesting muscle physiology; really interesting neural computations.

To understand the theory which underlies all things is not sufficient. Theory is but the preparation for practice.

I've studied all my musical life, but learning is only good if you do something constructive with it.

No battle can be won in the study...

A bumblebee can't fly. He's aerodynamically unsound. But he doesn't know that.

Wings are a constraint that makes it possible to fly.

Even with limited intelligence, knowing oneself is not as difficult as some say, but to act according to what one has realized about oneself in real life is as difficult as practicing anything else, compared to theory.

Knowing is not enough, You must apply

My words are very easy to understand and very easy to practice; but there is no one in the world who is able to understand and practice them.

If we have a correct theory but merely prate about it, pigeonhole it and do not put it into practice, then that theory, however good, is of no significance.

Whereas the man of action binds his life to reason and its concepts so that he will not be swept away and lost, the scientific investigator builds his hut right next to the tower of science so that he will be able to work on it and to find shelter for himself beneath those bulwarks which presently exist.

Knowledge is theory. We should be thankful if action of management is based on theory. Knowledge has temporal spread. Information is not knowledge. The world is drowning in information but is slow in acquisition of knowledge. There is no substitute for knowledge.

The secret of flight is this -- you have to do it immediately, before your body realizes it is defying the laws.

Insight must precede application.

There are secrets to our world that only practice can reveal, and no opinion or analysis will ever capture in full.

An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory!

However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant

One ounce of practice is worth a thousand pounds of theory.

An ounce of practice is generally worth more than a ton of theory.

According to recognized aero technical tests, the bumblebee cannot fly because of the shape and weight of his body in relation to the total wing area. The bumblebee doesn't know this, so he goes ahead and flies anyway.

I lay no claim to advancing scientific data other than advancing flying knowledge. I can only say that I do it because I want to.

....a perfect paper airplane.