stand on the shoulders of giants

To make discoveries, insights, or progress owing to the discoveries or previous work of great minds that have come before. Though this is indeed an exciting discovery toward curing cancer, we have stood on the shoulders of giants to reach this point today.

See also: giant, of, on, shoulder, stand

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stand on (someone's) shoulders
stand on someone's shoulders
on the shoulders of giants
a dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants
giant
by accident
heather
set the heather alight
set the Thames alight
set the world alight

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A friend shared with me these words of Albert Einstein: 'We stand on the shoulders of giants and at times hold up the sky.' Believe me, I know it feels like we do hold the sky up often.

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