Discovered Quotes

1755 Discovered quotes by 1341 unique authors

While contemplating the bride, and eyeing the cake of soap, he muttered between his teeth: 'Tuesday. It was not Tuesday. Was it Tuesday? Perhaps it… — Victor Hugo
How quickly was every bad thing discovered to be the fault of the previous administration (an evil set of men who wedded general stupidity to… — Susanna Clarke
Our wise old church...has discovered that if you will act as if you believed belief will be given to you; if you pray with doubt,… — W. Somerset Maugham
It does good to no woman to be flattered [by a man] who does not intend to marry her; and it is madness in all… — Charlotte Bronte
As many have discovered, it is entirely possible (although not particularly desirable) to love two people with all your heart. It is entirely possible to… — Gabrielle Zevin
The difference between listening and pretending to listen, I discovered, is enormous. One is fluid, the other is rigid. One is alive, the other is… — Alan Alda
I have discovered that even the mediocre can have adventures and even the fearful can achieve. — Edmund Hillary
I thought everyone would be familiar with this figure: if I'd studied a thing in school I assumed it was general knowledge. I hadn't yet… — Margaret Atwood
That’s the thing with the young these days, isn’t it? They watch too many happy endings. Everything has to be wrapped up, with a smile… — Nick Hornby
It's a lot easier to be lost than found. It's the reason we're always searching and rarely discovered--so many locks not enough keys. — Sarah Dessen
...when the little boy discovered, at four, the same thing Mr. Smith had learned earlier -- that only birds and planes could fly -- he… — Toni Morrison
Error never shows itself in its naked reality, in order not to be discovered. On the contrary, it dresses elegantly, so that the unwary may… — Irenaeus of Lyons
As new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace… — Thomas Jefferson
The last time I was in Chile, I was hypnotized by a friend who is studying to be a curandero, a healer, who led me… — Isabel Allende
I have discovered the value of psychology and psychiatry, that their teachings can undo knots in us and permit life to flow again and aid… — Jean Vanier
People of limited intelligence are fond of talking about "these days," imagining that they have discovered and appraised the peculiarities of "these days" and that… — Leo Tolstoy
Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I suppose she chose me because she knew my name; as I read the alphabet a faint line appeared between her eyebrows, and after making… — Harper Lee
He learned to communicate with birds and discovered their conversation was fantastically boring. It was all to do with windspeed, wingspans, power-to-weight ratios and a… — Douglas Adams
..."Fun?" you ask. "Weren't feminists these grim-faced, humorless, antifamily, karate-chopping ninjas who were bitter because they couldn't get a man?" Well, in fact the problem… — Susan J. Douglas
We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure… — Marie Curie
the search for meaning is really the search for the lost chord. When the lost chord is discovered by humankind, the discord in the world… — John O'Donohue
Even as the angry vengeful thoughts boiled through me, I saw the sin of them. Jesus Christ had died for this man; was I going… — Corrie Ten Boom
I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of… — Thomas Jefferson
There's a big difference between being alone and being lonely. And I'm guessing that once you've discovered this distinction you can't go back to solitary… — Tiffanie DeBartolo

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