John a shedd biography
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John A. Shedd?
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Grace Hopper? Albert Einstein? Anonymous?
Dear Quote Investigator: On December 9, the Google Doodle honored the pioneering computer scientist and U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper. Here are two versions of a quotation that is often attributed to her:
A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.
A ship in port is safe; but that is not what ships are built for.
This saying has also been credited to Albert Einstein and John A.
Shedd.
John a shedd biography
Can you tell me who said it?
Quote Investigator: In John A. Shedd released a collection of sayings titled Salt from My Attic, and the following popular aphorism was included:
A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.
This citation appeared in the important reference work The Yale Book of Quotations edited by Fred R.
Shapiro.
Grace Hopper also employed a version of this expression on multiple occasions. For example, in Hopper spoke an instance of the adag