Columbus Day Quotes
- The greatest discoveries of science have always been those that forced us to rethink our beliefs about the universe and our place in it. — Robert L. Park
- Every ship that comes to America got its chart from Columbus. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- What faith in man must in our new world beat, Thinking how once he saw before his face The west and all the host of… — George Edward Woodberry
- Quietly scuttling Columbus Day sales doesn't mean they are opposed to 15th century Iberian seafarers; it just means They don't want protestors on the sales… — James Lileks
- He gained a world; he gave that world Its grandest lesson: "On! sail on!" — Joaquin Miller
- I also hate those holidays that fall on a Monday where you don't get mail, those fake holidays like Columbus Day. What did Christopher Columbus… — John Waters
- Columbus found a world, and had no chart save one that Faith deciphered in the skies. — George Santayana
- The history taught in our schools is scandalous. We grew up believing that Columbus actually discovered America. We still celebrate Columbus Day. Columbus was after… — Woody Harrelson
- Columbus had all the spirit of a crusader, and, at the same time, the investigating nature of a modern man of science. — Edmund Arthur Helps
- He gave the world another world. — George Santayana
- He stands in history as the completer of the globe. — John Sterling
- He stands out among the beacon lights of history as a man of vision dominated by a definite purpose. — John George Jones
- He leaves in the background of fame all other navigators whose names are written in the priceless annals of discovery. — Emilio Castelar