Quote by Frederick Donald Coggan

My ignorance of science is such that if anyone mentioned copper nitrate I should think he was talking about policemen's overtime.

My ignorance of science is such that if anyone mentioned cop

Summary

In this quote, the speaker humorously admits their lack of knowledge about science by expressing their ignorance towards the term "copper nitrate." The comparison they make to policemen's overtime highlights their unfamiliarity and suggests that they would misinterpret the term as something entirely unrelated. Overall, the quote conveys a lighthearted and self-aware acknowledgment of one's limited understanding in a specific area while adding a touch of wit.

Topics

Science Ignorance Police

By Frederick Donald Coggan

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Hard work is the yeast that raises the dough

Hard work is the yeast that raises the dough

It takes two to make a marriage a success and only one to ma

It takes two to make a marriage a success and only one to make it a failure.

I'm reticent to say much more, but we would like to begin in

I'm reticent to say much more, but we would like to begin in the coming year. We'd like to shoot through the seasons because of the passage of time. This project is the great love of my life.

Madeleine Stowe

Life Time Love Thetimes

I have stepped off the relationship scene to come to terms w

I have stepped off the relationship scene to come to terms with myself. I have spent most of my adult life being 'someone's girlfriend', and now I am happy being single.

Truly I never thought of myself as writing legal thrillers,

Truly I never thought of myself as writing legal thrillers, and I still don't think I do. I write stories about women.

Lisa Scottoline

God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.

God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.

Friedrich Nietzsche

I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was

I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way - I hope it never will.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I'm sorry. I use my rapier wit to hide my inner pain.

I'm sorry. I use my rapier wit to hide my inner pain.

Cassandra Clare

Humor Funny Sarcasm Defense Mechanism

However, I must not indulge in homespun wisdom here before s

However, I must not indulge in homespun wisdom here before so distinguished an assembly, especially as I am to be followed by a representative of science.

Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not

Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to.

Those who hate most fervently must have once loved deeply; t

Those who hate most fervently must have once loved deeply; those who want to deny the world must have once embraced what they now set on fire.

Love Hate Revolution

When a fellow says, 'It ain't the money but the principle of

When a fellow says, 'It ain't the money but the principle of the thing,' it's the money.