Discovered America Quotes

12 Discovered America quotes by 11 unique authors

Cod is more responsible for the discovery of the New World than almost anything else. Drove the Vikings across the North Atlantic, and John Cabot… — Graydon Carter
It seems stupid to have discovered America only to make it into a copy of another country. — Edith Wharton
What a pity, when Christopher Colombus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it. — Margot Asquith
If you happen to have a wart on your nose or forehead, you cannot help imagining that no one in the world has anything else… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
So Columbus said, somebody show me the sunset and somebody did and he set sail for it, And he discovered America and they put him… — Ogden Nash
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
Bunkum and tummyrot! You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that. Would Columbus have discovered America if he'd said 'What if I… — Roald Dahl
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
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
What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it. — Margot Asquith

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