Archimedes Quote

Give me the place to stand, and I shall move the earth.

Variant translation: "Give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world." - Said to be his assertion in demonstrating the principle of the lever; As quoted by Pappus of Alexandria, Synagoge, Book VIII, prop. 10, sec. 11, (c. AD 340). Another variant translation: Give me but one firm spot on...