--- title: "12 Discovery of america Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Discovery of america quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Discovery of america sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d44/bobcat-goldthwait-3748_america_america-s-one-of-the-finest-countries-an_1294578.png" --- > [America’s one of the finest countries anyone ever stole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobcat-goldthwait/america-s-one-of-the-finest-countries-anyone-ever-stole/) [Bobcat Goldthwait](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobcat-goldthwait/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d44/bobcat-goldthwait-3748_america_america-s-one-of-the-finest-countries-an_1294578.png) > [And furthermore did you know that behind the discovery of America there was a Jewish financier?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mordecai-richler/and-furthermore-did-you-know-that-behind-the-discovery-of-america/) [Mordecai Richler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mordecai-richler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c4/mordecai-richler-13361_america_and-furthermore-did-you-know-that-behind_3120138.jpg) > [What a blessing this smoking is! Perhaps the greatest that we owe to the discovery of America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-helps/what-a-blessing-this-smoking-is-perhaps-the-greatest-that-we-owe-to/) [Arthur Helps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-helps/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a6/arthur-helps-5833_america_what-a-blessing-this-smoking-is-perhaps_370523.jpg) > [The reformation was preceded by the discovery of America, as if the Almighty graciously meant to open a sanctuary to the persecuted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-reformation-was-preceded-by-the-discovery-of-america-as-if-the/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/200/thomas-paine-267_almighty_the-reformation-was-preceded-by-the-disc_3145360.jpg) > [The discovery of America was the occasion of the greatest outburst of cruelty and reckless greed known in history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-conrad/the-discovery-of-america-was-the-occasion-of-the-greatest-outburst-of/) [Joseph Conrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-conrad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1e/joseph-conrad-336_america_the-discovery-of-america-was-the-occasio_2498139.jpg) > [I began writing in the 4th grade. As a matter of fact, I produced a play for the entire school. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-darden/i-began-writing-in-the-4th-grade-as-a-matter-of-fact-i-produced-a/) [Christopher Darden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-darden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cd/christopher-darden-19806_america_i-began-writing-in-the-4th-grade-as-a-ma_688092.jpg) > [“The New World's purpose was to be The Old World's Eden - a place of dreams to wipe clean the mistakes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-stafford/the-new-world-s-purpose-was-to-be-the-old-world-s-eden-a-place-of/) [Stewart Stafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-stafford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/141/stewart-stafford-3104_a-new-start_the-new-world-s-purpose-was-to-be-the-ol_847631.jpg) > [The "discovery" of poverty at the beginning of the 1960s was something like the "discovery" of America almost five hundred years earlier.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-ehrenreich/the-discovery-of-poverty-at-the-beginning-of-the-1960s-was-something/) [Barbara Ehrenreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-ehrenreich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e0/barbara-ehrenreich-1204_1960s_the-discovery-of-poverty-at-the-beginnin_2828245.jpg) > [We are very lucky to be living in an age in which we are still making discoveries. It is like the discovery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/we-are-very-lucky-to-be-living-in-an-age-in-which-we-are-still-making/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d92/richard-p-feynman-495_age_we-are-very-lucky-to-be-living-in-an-age_1028908.jpg) > [The great intellectual tradition that comes down to us from the past was never interrupted or lost through such trifles as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/the-great-intellectual-tradition-that-comes-down-to-us-from-the-past/) [Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-k-chesterton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce7/gilbert-k-chesterton-223_age_the-great-intellectual-tradition-that-co_1525571.png) > [In the world's history certain inventions and discoveries occurred of peculiar value, on account of their great efficiency in facilitating all other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/in-the-world-s-history-certain-inventions-and-discoveries-occurred-of/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/abraham-lincoln-88_accounts_in-the-world-s-history-certain-invention_1793533.png) > [“Christopher Columbus and his brothers were no different from many of the Spanish adventurers of the time. They were a roughhewn lot,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba-2/christopher-columbus-and-his-brothers-were-no-different-from-many-of/) Captain Hank Bracker, "The Exciting Story of Cuba [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06d/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_american-history_christopher-columbus-and-his-brothers-we_953698.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discovery-of-america/#itemlist", "name": "Discovery of america Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "America’s one of the finest countries anyone ever stole.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bobcat Goldthwait" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobcat-goldthwait/america-s-one-of-the-finest-countries-anyone-ever-stole/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d44/bobcat-goldthwait-3748_america_america-s-one-of-the-finest-countries-an_1294578.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d44/bobcat-goldthwait-3748_america_america-s-one-of-the-finest-countries-an_1294578.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d44/bobcat-goldthwait-3748_america_america-s-one-of-the-finest-countries-an_1294578.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“America’s one of the finest countries anyone ever stole.” — Bobcat Goldthwait", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And furthermore did you know that behind the discovery of America there was a Jewish financier?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mordecai Richler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mordecai-richler/and-furthermore-did-you-know-that-behind-the-discovery-of-america/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c4/mordecai-richler-13361_america_and-furthermore-did-you-know-that-behind_3120138.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c4/mordecai-richler-13361_america_and-furthermore-did-you-know-that-behind_3120138.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c4/mordecai-richler-13361_america_and-furthermore-did-you-know-that-behind_3120138.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And furthermore did you know that behind the discovery of America there was a Jewish financier?” — Mordecai Richler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What a blessing this smoking is! 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It is like the discovery of America-you only discover it once. The age in which we live is the age in which we are discovering the fundamental laws of nature, and that day will never come again. It is very exciting, it is marvelous, but this excitement will have to go.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard P. 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Chesterton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the world's history certain inventions and discoveries occurred of peculiar value, on account of their great efficiency in facilitating all other inventions and discoveris. Of these were the art of writing and of printing, the discovery of America, and the introduction of patent laws. The date of the first ... is unknown; but it certainly was as much as fifteen hundred years before the Christian era; the second-printing-came in 1436, or nearly three thousand years after the first. The others followed more rapidly-the discovery of America in 1492, and the first patent laws in 1624.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Abraham Lincoln" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/in-the-world-s-history-certain-inventions-and-discoveries-occurred-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/abraham-lincoln-88_accounts_in-the-world-s-history-certain-invention_1793533.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/abraham-lincoln-88_accounts_in-the-world-s-history-certain-invention_1793533.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/abraham-lincoln-88_accounts_in-the-world-s-history-certain-invention_1793533.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In the world's history certain inventions and discoveries occurred of peculiar value, on account of their…” — Abraham Lincoln", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Christopher Columbus and his brothers were no different from many of the Spanish adventurers of the time. 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