Discoveries Quote by Charles Henry Parkhurst

I invented nothing new, I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom there was centuries of work.

— Henry Ford

Peer reviewers go for orthodoxy ... Many of the great 19th-century discoveries were made by men who had independent wealth-Charles Darwin is the prototype.…

— James Black

By mutual confidence and mutual aid - great deeds are done, and great discoveries made

— Homer

We've only explored about 5% of our ocean. There are great discoveries yet to be made down there - fantastic creatures representing millions of…

— Edith Widder

Great discoveries are made accidentally less often than the populace likes to think. Commenting on how an accident led to the discovery of X-rays..

— William Cecil Dampier

Harebrained schemes often lead to great discoveries.

— Barbara Corcoran

“All great discoveries are made by opening up the changing room door”

— Josh Stern

None of the great discoveries was made by a 'specialist' or a 'researcher'.

— Martin H. Fischer

The great discoveries are usually obvious.

— Phil Crosby

Great discoveries are made accidentally less often than the populace likes to think.

— Wilhelm Rontgen

Great discoveries were once great miseries...Don't forsake your destiny too soon.

— Keith Mosaic

“Great discoveries, whether of silk or gravity, are always windfalls. They happen to people loafing under trees.”

— Jeffrey Eugenides

People who have read a good deal rarely make great discoveries. I do not say this in excuse of laziness, but because invention presupposes…

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

When I was finishing my PhD, I could just see people who were a bit quicker and brighter and smarter than me and I…

— Simon Singh

All great discoveries...are products as much of doubt as of certainty, and the two in opposition clear the air for marvelous accidents.

— Mark Helprin