Antiquity Quote by Charles Lyell

The most remarkable discovery ever made by scientists is science itself. The discovery must be compared in importance with the invention of cave-painting and…

— Jacob Bronowski

The great discoveries are usually obvious.

— Phil Crosby

In reply, I can only plead that a discovery which seems to contradict the general tenor of previous investigations is naturally received with much…

— Charles Lyell

This was the most important discovery I had ever made in my life. It was a discovery which has irrevocably changed my whole life's…

— Donald Johanson

Guessing before proving! Need I remind you that it is so that all important discoveries have been made?

— Henri Poincare

The greatest discoveries have come from people who have looked at a standard situation and seen it differently.

— Ira Erwin

A great discovery is a fact whose appearance in science gives rise to shining ideas, whose light dispels many obscurities and shows us new…

— Claude Bernard

Generally speaking, geologists seem to have been much more intent on making little worlds of their own, than in examining the crust of that…

— Anonymous

It's nice to witness these discoveries at first hand.

— Michael Aspel

“It is remarkable how often the first interpretations of new evidence have confirmed the preconceptions of its discoverers.”

— John Reader

Geology is rapidly taking its place as an introduction to the higher history of man. If the author has sought to exalt a favorite…

— James Dwight Dana

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…

— Arthur Koestler