Discovery Quotes

1801 Discovery quotes by 1187 unique authors

The significance of Columbus's discovery was that on a round earth, humanity is more interconnected than on a flat one. On a round earth, the… — Matt Taibbi
For most of human history, we could only watch, like bystanders, the beautiful dance of Nature. But today, we are on the cusp of an… — Michio Kaku
We scientists have fantasies of being uniquely qualified to make great discoveries. Alas, reality is cruel: most of us are replaceable. For the vast majority… — Jared Diamond
Most new discoveries are suddenly-seen things that were always there. A new idea is a light that illuminates presences which simply had no form before… — Susanne Katherina Langer
In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others of which we could have no idea before, so that we… — Joseph Priestley
It is attention, more than any difference between minds and men.-In this is the source of poetic genius, and of the genius of discovery in… — Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet
There is a beauty in discovery. There is mathematics in music, a kinship of science and poetry in the description of nature, and exquisite form… — Glenn T. Seaborg
They who are not induced to believe and live as they ought by those discoveries which God hath made in Scriptures would stand out against… — Francis Atterbury
Modesty teaches us to speak of the ancients with respect, especially when we are not very familiar with their works. Newton, who knew them practically… — Francis Atterbury
One of the most freeing discoveries these past few years in my relationship with God is discovering that God is not a belief system or… — Jim Palmer
Writing is always a process of discovery—I never know the end, or even the events on the next page, until they happen. There’s a constant… — Kim Edwards
The ancient codes were doubtless originally suggested by the discovery and diffusion of the art of writing. — Henry James Sumner Maine
Definition is the death of discovery. — Tom Shadyac
When you talk to people about the books that have meant a lot to them, it's usually books they read when they were younger because… — Unknown Author
Science is the discovery of how God does things. — John G. Lake
With so many scientific achievements we know so little of where we came from and where we are going. But we know even less of… — Akiane Kramarik
The first note in that octave [of our cultural transformation], the do, was the discovery of LSD by Albert Hofmann in 1943. — Ralph Metzner
You know, I've learned that sometimes you can only see what you want to see by changing where you stand. And standing somewhere unexpected can… — Lisa Mangum
The truth is funny. Honest discovery, observation, and reaction is better than contrived invention. — Del Close
When I reach to the edge of the universe, I do so knowing that along some paths of cosmic discovery, there are times when, at… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
The most extraordinary discoveries are made when the artist is overwhelmed by what he has to say. — Boris Pasternak
I invented nothing new, I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom there was centuries of work. — Henry Ford
That wonderful and terribly frightening journey of self-discovery. That process of growth, of being an independent person, of learning who you are and what you… — Diane von Furstenberg
Love this in the film, “Velvet Goldmine” it captures the excitement and the thrill at the moment of discovery! — Anna Sui
Tedious as it may appear to some to dwell on the discovery of odds and ends that have, no doubt, been thrown away by the… — Unknown Author

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