Discovered Quotes

1755 Discovered quotes by 1341 unique authors

First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII — and we thought it… — Douglas Adams
I took a wrong turn on the way to the bathroom and found myself in a beautifully proportioned room I had never seen before, containing… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Death, I had discovered long ago, was available in varying flavors, and none of them particularly palatable. — Jasper Fforde
Eduardo Galeano notes that America was conquered, but not discovered, that the men who arrived with a religion to impose and dreams of gold never… — Rebecca Solnit
I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered… — Nelson Mandela
That's the nature of being a parent, Sabine has discovered. You'll love your children far more than you ever loved your parents, and -- in… — Ursula Hegi
But now I discovered the wonderful power of wine. I understood why men become drunkards. For the way it worked on me was not at… — C.S. Lewis
Scientists have discovered that the small brave act of cooperating with another person, of choosing trust over cynicism, generosity over selfishness, makes the brain light… — Natalie Angier
Shut the door, they're coming through the window, shut the window, they're coming through the door," are the words to an old song. They fit… — Ray Bradbury
I still feel like a castaway, th elast of a once numerous species. It was as though Robinson Crusoe discovered the telltale footprint on the… — Audrey Niffenegger
To his surprise he also discovered that it was possible to be good at what you had little interest in, just as it had been… — Richard Russo
One thing he discovered with a great deal of astonishment was that music held for him more then just pleasure. There was meat to it.… — Charles Frazier
Man may have discovered fire, but women discovered how to play with it. — Candace Bushnell
When love has fused and mingled two beings in a sacred and angelic unity, the secret of life has been discovered so far as they… — Victor Hugo
Hope itself is like a star- not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity. — Charles Spurgeon
The pen will never be able to move fast enough to write down every word discovered in the space of memory. Some things have been… — Paul Auster
The animal merely makes a bed, which he warms with his body in a sheltered place; but man, having discovered fire, boxes up some air… — Henry David Thoreau
Novelists have, on the average, about the same IQs as the cosmetic consultants at Bloomingdale’s department store. Our power is patience. We have discovered that… — Kurt Vonnegut
Sir Isaac Newton was asked how he discovered the law of gravity. He replied, "By thinking about it all the time. — Isaac Newton
I've discovered that in order to make big changes in the world, we have to begin at home -- within ourselves — Ann M. Martin
I discovered later, and I'm still discovering right up to this moment, that is it only by living completely in this world that one learns… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
It wasn't until I started reading and found books they wouldn't let us read in school that I discovered you could be insane and happy… — John Waters
The most exhausting thing in life, I have discovered, is being insincere. That is why so much of social life is exhausting; one is wearing… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Every second of the search is an encounter with God. When I have been truly searching for my treasure, every day has been luminous...I've discovered… — Paulo Coelho
Giant Wimbleweather burst into one of those not very intelligent laughs to which the nicer sort of Giants are so liable. He checked himself at… — C.S. Lewis

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