Discovery Quotes

1801 Discovery quotes by 1187 unique authors

When I got untethered from the comfort of religion, it wasn't a loss of faith for me, it was a discovery of self. I had… — Brad Pitt
It was good of Friedrich Nietzsche to declare God dead - I declare that he has never been born. It is a created fiction, an… — Rajneesh
If there were a prerequisite for the future successful digital creative, it would be the passion for discovery. — John Maeda
If a given scientist had not made a given discovery, someone else would have done so a little later. Johann Mendel dies unknown after having… — Jean Rostand
Great inventions are never, and great discoveries are seldom, the work of any one mind. Every great invention is really an aggregation of minor inventions,… — Unknown Author
In the discovery of lemmas the best aid is a mental aptitude for it. For we may see many who are quick at solutions and… — Proclus
[M]y work, which I've done for a long time, was not pursued in order to gain the praise I now enjoy, but chiefly from a… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
It is impossible not to feel stirred at the thought of the emotions of man at certain historic moments of adventure and discovery - Columbus… — Alfred North Whitehead
Like buried treasures, the outposts of the universe have beckoned to the adventurous from immemorial times. Princes and potentates, political or industrial, equally with men… — George Ellery Hale
Discovery should come as an adventure rather than as the result of a logical process of thought. Sharp, prolonged thinking is necessary that we may… — Theobald Smith
The delights of self-discovery are always available. — Gail Sheehy
Out of the questions of students come most of the creative ideas and discoveries. — Ellen Langer
You must not blame us scientists for the use which war technicians have put our discoveries. — Lise Meitner
Jesus means something to our world because a mighty spiritual force streams forth from him and flows through our being also. This fact can neither… — Albert Schweitzer
I have always believed that technology should do the hard work - discovery, organization, communication - so users can do what makes them happiest: living… — Larry Page
Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment. — Alan Watts
The world is ready for a mystic revolution, a discovery of the God in each of us. — George Harrison
The news of the discovery spread fast all over the country, and inquisitive enquiries mingled with congratulations from this moment became the daily programme. — Howard Carter
A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind. — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
The discovery of a wine is of greater moment than the discovery of a constellation. The universe is too full of stars. — Benjamin Franklin
The discovery of a good wine is increasingly better for mankind than the discovery of a new star. — Leonardo da Vinci
I know of nothing more inspiring than that of making discoveries for ones self. — George Washington Carver
The greatest discoveries all start with the question "Why?" — Robert Ballard
Chance... in the accommodation peculiar to sensorimotor intelligence, plays the same role as in scientific discovery. It is only useful to the genius and its… — Jean Piaget
We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph, and from both we have learned there can be no turning back. We… — Douglas MacArthur

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