Discovery Quotes

1801 Discovery quotes by 1187 unique authors

During all those years of experimentation and research, I never once made a discovery. All my work was deductive, and the results I achieved were… — Thomas A. Edison
Writing is a process of discovery of what you really do know. You can't limit yourself in advance to what you know, because you don't… — Walter Murch
Shame, I do believe, is the most powerful emotion known to man; most discoveries and journeys of importance have been accomplished because of the ignominy… — Iain Pears
In 1929 the discovery of the wonders of the geometric series struck Wall Street with a force comparable to the invention of the wheel. — John Kenneth Galbraith
I don't like honors. ... I've already got the prize: the prize is the pleasure of finding the thing out, the kick in the discovery,… — Richard P. Feynman
The authority of a belief imposed by religion surely destroys the discovery of reality.One relies on authority because one is afraid to stand alone. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
I'm restless. Things are calling me away. My hair is being pulled by the stars again. ANAÏS NIN, Fire: From "A Journal of Love" The… — Anais Nin
It was just as the 1914 War burst on me that I made the discovery that 'legends' depend on the language to which they belong;… — J.R.R. Tolkien
We must find out for ourselves, otherwise it wouldn't be discovery. — Florida Scott-Maxwell
When there are no conflicts In you, between material wealth and spiritual life, you have found yourself. — Ruben Papian
I want MIT to be the dream of every child who wants to grow up to make the world a better place. We need to… — Susan Hockfield
It is strange that only extraordinary men make the discoveries, which later appear so easy and simple. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
The 19th century was the great period of engineering, thanks to the railways, thanks to lots of discoveries in metallurgy. — Joe Harris
My father-in-law gets up at 5 o'clock in the morning and watches the Discovery Channel. I don't know why there's this big rush to do… — Jeff Foxworthy
I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time. — Anna Freud
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. — Galileo Galilei
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. — Andre Gide
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. — Andre Gide
In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from… — W. S. Gilbert
If you want your energy bills to go up, you should support an ever greater dependence on foreign oil, because the rate of new discoveries… — Al Gore
Before the discovery of quantum mechanics, the framework of physics was this: If you tell me how things are now, I can then use the… — Brian Greene
Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought. — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
I am not solicitous to examine particularly everything here, which indeed could not be done in fifty years, because my desire is to make all… — Christopher Columbus
Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. — James Bryant Conant
I think a spiritual journey is not so much a journey of discovery. It's a journey of recovery. It's a journey of uncovering your own… — Billy Corgan

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