Columbus Quotes

127 Columbus quotes by 106 unique authors

Yeah, I know he discovered the West Indies; it wasn't America. But the whole thing with Columbus was that people had been telling him, 'Don't… — Bill Cowher
I think this is just the natural progression of Columbus gangs. They are getting older now, and they are looking for newer markets. We're really… — Patricia Brooks
My brother was a year younger than I am and he was never in the home with me hardly at all, ... My mom had… — Les Miles
When you're playing with only 13 guys, and is on the power play 12 times, that'll wear you down. — Mark Richards
We are extremely proud to represent all of Radio One's stations within the Katz Radio Group. For the past five years we have worked diligently… — Steve Shaw
I am the Alexander Graham Bell of the phone company, the Christopher Columbus of America because after 'The Twist' everything changed, .. Watch the films… — Chubby Checker
I was 20 years old. I had moved to Los Angeles from Columbus, Ohio. I was working as a piano salesman - a terrible piano… — Michael Feinstein
Columbus did not seek a new route to the Indies in response to a majority directive. — Milton Friedman
Marriage commissioners who choose not to marry homosexuals are being fired. A Knights of Columbus chapter in British Columbia is in court because it chooses… — Stockwell Day
Captain Cook discovered Australia looking for the Terra Incognita. Christopher Columbus thought he was finding India but discovered America. History is full of events that… — Umberto Eco
I remember my first run-in with cops. It took me really getting to hang, well after that, with cops who were cool, and realizing, 'Okay,… — Woody Harrelson
If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans. — Stephen Hawking
Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by… — Bell Hooks
Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America. — James Joyce
When we first broke into that forbidden box in the other dimension, we knew we had discovered something as surprising and powerful as the New… — Ken Kesey
The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor… — D. H. Lawrence
Pete Dye introduced me to golf course design back in the 1960's. He came to my hometown Columbus, Ohio to work on The Golf Club. — Jack Nicklaus
I first saw Arnold Palmer when I was just a kid and he came to Columbus to play in a tournament. I watched him on… — Jack Nicklaus
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they… — Carl Sagan
Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought. — Henry David Thoreau

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