Columbus Quote by Georg C. Lichtenberg

America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.

— Oscar Wilde

When I was living in England I found that the more I lived abroad, the more American I discovered I was.

— Anonymous

Columbus discovered no isle or key so lonely as himself.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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— Roald Dahl

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— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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— Rush Limbaugh

We see it [the as-yet unseen, probable new planet, Neptune] as Columbus saw America from the coast of Spain. Its movements have been felt,…

— William Herschel

Chris Columbus was really interesting to watch how he works with children.

— David R. Ellis

I remember my first run-in with cops. It took me really getting to hang, well after that, with cops who were cool, and realizing,…

— Woody Harrelson

I'm a Buckeye at heart. I spend more time giving concerts in Ohio than I do in any other state - perhaps more time…

— Al Jarreau

And your Highnesses, as Catholic Christians and Princes, devoted to the holy Christian faith and the propagation thereof - and enemies of the sect…

— Christopher Columbus

Without adventure all civilization is full of decay. Adventure rarely reaches its predetermined end. Columbus never reached China.

— Alfred North Whitehead