Discoveries are made by pursuing possibilities suggested by existing knowledge. — Michael Polanyi Copy Share Image
“Never underestimate the power of thought; it is the greatest path to discovery.” — Idowu Koyenikan Copy Share Image
“Great discoveries, whether of silk or gravity, are always windfalls. They happen to people loafing under trees.” — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
All great discoveries are made by men whose feelings run ahead of their thinking. — Charles Henry Parkhurst Copy Share Image
I think probably the discoveries made by Hubble Space Telescope have been very dramatic, very amazing. — Peggy Whitson Copy Share Image
Out of the questions of students come most of the creative ideas and discoveries. — Ellen Langer Copy Share Image
Most discoveries even today are a combination of serendipity and of searching. — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
“One of the greatest discoveries you could actually discover in life is the treasure of solitude.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
The people who do make big discoveries are the ones who somehow manage to free themselves from conventional ways of thinking and… — Anthony James Leggett Copy Share Image
“We only know a tiny proportion about the complexity of the natural world. Wherever you look, there are still things we don’t… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
If you go back to the 17th century, scientists generally weren't rewarded much at all for sharing discoveries, and as a result,… — Michael Nielsen Copy Share Image
The so-called 'discoveries' of the Impressionists could not have been unknown to the old masters; and if they made no use of… — Pierre-Auguste Renoir Copy Share Image
“The most important thing is not to work on things that other people are working on because otherwise all you'll do is… — David Jewitt Copy Share Image
Although science and technology open up boundless opportunities, they also present great perils because Satan employs these marvelous discoveries to his great… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
The most important fundamental laws and facts of physical science have all been discovered, and these are now so firmly established that… — Albert A. Michelson Copy Share Image
We are ever on the threshold of new journeys and new discoveries. Can you imagine the excitement of the Wright brothers on… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
We have merely scratched the surface of the store of knowledge which will come to us. I believe that we are now,… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
It is notorious that the same discovery is frequently made simultaneously and quite independently, by different persons. Thus, to speak of only… — Francis Galton Copy Share Image
The systematic experimental study of reproducible errors of human reasoning, and what these errors reveal about underlying mental processes, is known as… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
I also made two very important discoveries as time went on. In the first place, I discovered that making money was easy.… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
When I consider the wonderful activity of the mind, so great a memory of what is past, and such a capacity of… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“This light represents the finest of all of us: Our art, poetry and songs, discoveries, creations, and science. Our ability to pick… — Ruth Ann Oskolkoff Copy Share Image
I take advantage of and enjoy keeping up with all the scientific discoveries. Now, as an adult, I can appreciate what that… — Tim Russ Copy Share Image
At one time or another the more fortunate among us make three startling discoveries. Discovery number one: Each one of us has,… — Laura Huxley Copy Share Image
God gave them [the discoveries] to me; how can I sell them to someone else? — George Washington Carver Copy Share Image
“But discoveries are what usually egg us on. Not finding anything would be very bad indeed.” — John Brockman Copy Share Image
I invented nothing new, I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom there was centuries of work. — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
We can always gain more depth and breadth in our work [as educators]. There are always new discoveries to be made. — Carol Ann Tomlinson Copy Share Image
To make discoveries, you have to be curious about why the universe is the way it is. — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“Discovering that I was adopted redefined my entire world, but it taught me that who you are doesn't change.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
If you did nothing but pursue the truth about yourself for the rest of your life, you would never run out of… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
the discoveries don't come when you're looking for them. They come when for some reason you've let go conscious control. — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I leaf through the ancient philosophers and find my newest discoveries there. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Perhaps science does not develop by the accumulation of individual discoveries and inventions” — Thomas S. Kuhn Copy Share Image