No one for a moment can pretend that printing is so great a discovery as writing, or algebra as a language. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Whether one show one's self a man of genius in science or compose a song, the only point is, whether the thought,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
If there were a prerequisite for the future successful digital creative, it would be the passion for discovery. — John Maeda Copy Share Image
Living would be a terribly pedestrian business without the impatient ones. The seekers. Always searching for something new, something relevant to leave… — Helen Van Slyke Copy Share Image
The process of discovery is very simple. An unwearied and systematic application of known laws to nature, causes the unknown to reveal… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Television was the most revolutionary event of the century. Its importance was in a class with the discovery of gunpowder and the… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
When I ask people to contemplate selflessness, the sometimes react as if I've asked them to put their house on the market… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
It seems to be overwhelmingly likely that there is life out there and eventually we will make contract. And when contact is… — Paul Horowitz Copy Share Image
The anti-pleasure movement in self-discovery is very strong. I have big news for them, if they ever get to enlightenment, which is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Perhaps the greatest discovery of my life, without question the greatest commitment, came when finally I had the confidence in God that… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I'd say, you got your… — Nas Copy Share Image
True drama can be conceived only as resulting from the collective impulse of all the arts to communicate in the most immediate… — Richard Wagner Copy Share Image
It begins with absence and desire. It begins with blood and fear. It begins with a discovery of witches. — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
We follow a path of discovery, strung like pearls on a thread of curiosity, lending richness to our work. — James Krenov Copy Share Image
The most glorious exploits do not always furnish us with the clearest discoveries of virtue or vice in men. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
As the component parts of all new machines may be said to be old[,] it is a nice discriminating judgment, which discovers… — Robert Fulton Copy Share Image
I truly believe the eating disorder is gone. The discovery of what was at the bottom of it lifted me, and I… — Catherine Oxenberg Copy Share Image
He is not a true man of science who does not bring some sympathy to his studies, and expect to learn something… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Let us keep the discoveries and indisputable measurements of physics. But ... A more complete study of the movements of the world… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Copy Share Image
America has had the best university system in the world for a long time. And so we have been innovators, not only… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Musical accidents are a gold mine. The thing about accidental discoveries is they won't be made unless you put yourself in a… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
"Civilization rests on two things," said Hitzig; "the discovery that fermentation produces alcohol, and voluntary ability to inhibit defecation. And I put… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Make your life an adventure, because every task leads you to new discoveries, new acquaintances and new experiences. — Anil Sinha 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