Discovery Quotes

1801 Discovery quotes by 1187 unique authors

As the Nation's primary supporter of research in the physical sciences, the DOE Office of Science led the way in creating a unique system of… — Judy Biggert
I made the unexpected but happy discovery that the answer to several of the questions that most occupied me was in fact one and the… — Michael Pollan
For a justice of this ultimate tribunal [the U.S. Supreme Court], the opportunity for self-discovery and the occasion for self-revelation is great. — Abe Fortas
Some of the greatest discoveries...consist mainly in the clearing away of psychological roadblocks which obstruct the approach to reality; which is why,post factum they appear… — Arthur Koestler
In the past few years, I have made a thrilling discovery ... that until one is over sixty, one can never really learn the secret… — Ellen Glasgow
The journey of the hero is about the courage to seek the depths; the image of creative rebirth; the eternal cycle of change within us;… — Phil Cousineau
By bringing together what we know and what we don't know through analogy, metaphorical thinking strikes the spark that ignites discovery, — James Geary
Time is the best appraiser of scientific work, and I am aware that an industrial discovery rarely produces all its fruit in the hands of… — Louis Pasteur
To penetrate into Italy is like a most fascinating act of self-discovery-back, back down the old ways of time. Â Strange and wonderful chords awake… — D. H. Lawrence
Discoveries cannot be planned, they pop up, like Puck, in unexpected corners — Max Perutz
Einstein has a feeling for the central order of things. He can detect it in the simplicity of natural laws. We may take it that… — Wolfgang Pauli
An alleged scientific discovery has no merit unless it can be explained to a barmaid. — Ernest Rutherford
Experimental confirmation of a prediction is merely a measurement. An experiment disproving a prediction is a discovery. — Enrico Fermi
Don't lie if you don't have to. — Leo Szilard
No single discovery from any of these fields denotes proof of evolution, but together they reveal that life evolved in a certain sequence by a… — Michael Shermer
Mathematical discoveries, small or great are never born of spontaneous generation They always presuppose a soil seeded with preliminary knowledge and well prepared by labour,… — Henri Poincare
I believe nature offers opportunities for connection, the arts offer opportunities for self-expression, and life offers continual opportunities for growth and self-discovery. — Unknown Author
A few of the sublimest geniuses of Rome and Athens had some faint discoveries of the spiritual nature of the human soul, and formed some… — David Brainerd
Simultaneous discovery is utterly commonplace, and it was only the rarity of scientists, not the inherent improbability of the phenomenon, that made it remarkable in… — Peter Medawar
A scientist is no more a collector and classifier of facts than a historian is a man who complies and classifies a chronology of the… — Peter Medawar
The art of creation lies in the gift of perceiving the particular and generalizing it, thus creating the particular again. It is therefore a powerful… — Yehudi Menuhin
And with each day that passed, the gulf broadened and my isolation became more accentuated. In such a situation, the discovery that my experience was… — Juan Goytisolo
My paintings are about light, about the way things look in their environment and especially about how things look painted. Form, colour and space are… — Ralph Goings
Such discoveries have led me, and other geologists, to reconsider the evidence previously derived from caves brought forward in proof of the high antiquity of… — Charles Lyell
A successful society is characterized by a rising living standard for its population, increasing investment in factories and basic infrastructure, and the generation of additional… — Robert Trout

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