Discovery Quotes

1801 Discovery quotes by 1187 unique authors

God gave them [the discoveries] to me; how can I sell them to someone else? — George Washington Carver
It is chiefly upon the lay citizen, informed about science but not its practitioner, that the country must depend in determining the use to which… — David Lilienthal
Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
He was not only, I soon discovered, a water drinker, but a strict vegetarian, to which, perhaps, he owed a great deal of the almost… — Charles Kingsley
Eureka! [I have found it!] On discovery of a method to test the purity of gold. — Archimedes
It is ironic that in the same year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of DNA, some would have us ban certain forms… — Michael J. Fox
Second, you need to spread the large amount of information knowledge that you've gained-pooping like an elephant. This means sharing information and discoveries with your… — Guy Kawasaki
The discovery there is no god is a great relief, because if there were, it would be like living in a celestial North Korea if… — Christopher Hitchens
...It would be possible to make much more progress than has been made if the NCI knew its job better, knew how to make discoveries...The… — Linus Pauling
...Lag...occurred between an initial discovery and its effective clinical application. We analyzed 111 such lags: 8% amounted to 0.1 to 1 year; another 18% were… — Julius H. Comroe, Jr.
In our case, finding a Lucy is unique. No one will ever find another Lucy. You can't order one from a biological supply house. It's… — Donald Johanson
When trying to remember my share in the glow of the eternal present, in the smile of God, I return to my childhood, too, for… — Hermann Hesse
The recent inspection find in the private home of a scientist of a box of some 3,000 pages of documents, much of it relating to… — Hans Blix
A good method of discovery is to imagine certain members of a system removed and then see how what is left would behave: for example,… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Gold and iron at the present day, as in ancient times, are the rulers of the world; and the great events in the world of… — William Whewell
I am not talking to you from the point of view of just wishful thinking, or imaginary craziness. I'm talking to you from a deeper… — Fred Alan Wolf
The most remarkable discovery made by scientists is science itself. The discovery must be compared in importance with the invention of cave-painting and of writing.… — Jacob Bronowski
I've been deeply concerned that to date no individuals have been convicted for the brutal killing of three United States citizens, the Bytyqi brothers: Agron,… — Eliot Engel
Eleven years after the discovery of their bodies, no one has been held accountable for their murders. The chief suspects in the chain of command,… — Garry Robbins
For the mind and the imagination, bookstores aren't enough, college courses aren't enough, the Internet isn't enough. Those resources are all governed by the tastes… — Helen Vendler
It is far more than the discovery of life without a self. The immediate, inevitable result is an emergence into a new dimension of knowing… — Bernadette Roberts
When I ask people to contemplate selflessness, the sometimes react as if I've asked them to put their house on the market or give away… — Sakyong Mipham
... Grief is selfish. It is indulged in for self-gratification, not for love. Cosmic man knows the beauty and unreality of death. Sympathy for the… — Walter Russell
In animation, there's this exhilarating moment of discovery when you see the film and you say, Oh THAT'S what I was doing. — John Lithgow
I will be sufficiently rewarded if when telling it to others you will not claim the discovery as your own, but will say it was… — Thales

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