Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing…

Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?],…

— Abraham Lincoln

Throughout my work, I have assumed that the standard model is correct, and hence, the Higgs boson should be found. Although this is not…

— Ashoke Sen

There is usually no dreamer so unworldly as the anthologist. He wanders in a vast garden, lost in wonder, unable to decide often between…

— Mary Webb

New generations of humans inherit the acquired discoveries of generations past, allowing cosmic insight to accumulate without limit. Each discovery of science therefore adds…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

The discovery that heartbreak is indeed heartbreaking consoles us about our humanity.

— Lionel Shriver

“[W]e must learn to accommodate ourselves to the discovery that some of those cunningly-fashioned instruments called human souls have only a very limited range…

— George Eliot

We cannot predict the new forces, powers, and discoveries that will be disclosed to us when we reach the other planets and set up…

— Arthur C. Clarke

That has been another interesting discovery: that basically a city [Lagos] could recover from a really deep, deep, deep pit.

— Rem Koolhaas

Every fact of science was once Damned. Every invention was considered impossible. Every discovery was a nervous shock to some orthodoxy. Every artistic innovation…

— Robert Anton Wilson

When we look at the love of Christ, we make a wonderful discovery. Love is more a decision than an emotion! Christ-like love applauds…

— Max Lucado

Discovery is the ability to be puzzled by simple things. Noam Chomsky

— Noam Chomsky

“In December of 2007 human bones including skulls, which have been radiocarbon dated back to between 1304 and 1424, were found in a museum…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One

The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for…

— Benjamin Disraeli

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

— Will Durant

The characters in my novels are my own unrealized possibilities. That is why I am equally fond of them all and equally horrified by…

— Milan Kundera