Hudson Maxim Professions : Inventor Born : February 3, 1853 Died : May 6, 1927 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Hudson Maxim Doubt is often better than overconfidence, for it leads to inquiry, and inquiry leads to invention. Hudson Maxim inquiry invention doubt The wreath of cigarette smoke which curls about the head of the growing lad holds his brain in an iron grip which prevents it from growing and his mind from developing just as surely as the iron shoe does the foot of the Chinese girl. Hudson Maxim cigarette-smoke girl science If all boys could be made to know that with every breath of cigarette smoke they inhale imbecility and exhale manhood ... and that the cigarette is a maker of invalids, criminals and fools-not men-it ought to deter them some. The yellow finger stain is an emblem of deeper degradation and enslavement than the ball and chain. Hudson Maxim cigarette-smoke men boys Similar Authors Arthur P. Warner inventor Arthur Fry inventor Bill Lear inventor Itzhak Bentov inventor Dr. An Wang inventor David Dunbar Buick inventor All Authors
