Columbus Discovered Quotes
- Columbus discovered no isle or key so lonely as himself. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Arithmetic must be discovered in just the same sense in which Columbus discovered the West Indies, and we no more create numbers than he created… — Bertrand Russell
- America is now a space-faring nation. a frontier good for millions of years. The only time remotely comparable was when Columbus discovered a whole new… — James Smith McDonnell
- We say that Columbus discovered America and Newton discovered gravity, as though America and gravity weren't there until Columbus and Newton got wind of them. — Susanna Kaysen
- The two men who have done the greatest harm to the world are Christ and Columbus. Christ taught us guilt and sacrifice, to live only… — Anais Nin
- In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue and discovered America. Now, some have argued Columbus actually discovered the West Indies, or that Norsemen… — Jon Stewart
- What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it. — Margot Asquith