text: `` Give me a place to stand , and I shall move the earth with a lever '' is a remark of Archimedes who formally stated the correct mathematical principle of levers ( quoted by Pappus of Alexandria ) .
simplified: `` Give me a place to stand , and I shall move the earth . '' is a famous quote of Archimedes who stated the correct mathematical principle of levers ( quoted by Pappus of Alexandria ) .