Archimedes Quotes

The centre of gravity of any hemisphere [is on the straight line which] is its axis, and divides the said straight line in such a way that the portion of it adjacent to the surface of the hemisphere has to the remaining portion the ratio which 5 has to 3.

Dont disturb my circles!

Give me a firm spot on which to stand and I will move the earth

The centre of gravity of any cone is [the point which divides its axis so that] the portion [adjacent to the vertex is] triple [of the portion adjacent to the base].

Any segment of a right-angled conoid (i.e., a paraboloid of revolution) cut off by a plane at right angles to the axis is 1½ times the cone which has the same base and the same axis as the segment

Noli turbare circulos meos!

How many theorems in geometry which have seemed at first impracticable are in time successfully worked out!

Two magnitudes whether commensurable or incommensurable, balance at distances reciprocally proportional to the magnitudes.

δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσω. [Dôs moi pâ stô, kaì tàn gân kinásō.]

Give me where to stand, and I will move the earth.

Give me a place to stand, and a lever long enough, and I will move the world.

"Gebt mir einen festen Punkt auf dem ich stehen kann und ich werde die Welt aus den Angeln heben!"

"Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth!"

Give me a firm place to stond, and I will move the earth

Give me a place to stand on and I will move the earth.

The centre of gravity of any cylinder is the point of bisection of the axis.