Quotes about Discoveries

Discoveries are made by pursuing possibilities suggested by existing knowledge. Votes: 3

Discoveries cannot be planned, they pop up, like Puck, in unexpected corners Votes: 3

Advances are Made by Answering Questions. Discoveries are Made by Questioning Answers. Votes: 3

Discoveries made during the last hundred years have shown that liberalism is the best system to improve a country's well being. Votes: 3

Discoveries are made by gluttons and addicts. The man who forgets to eat and sleep has an appetite for fact, for interrelations among causes. Votes: 3

The world is changing rapidly, and everyone changes along with the world. Discoveries is now becoming rampant; intellectually, technologically,etc, each having its advantage and disadvantage. Votes: 3

Discoveries that are anticipated are seldom the most valuable. ... It's the scientist free to pilot his vessel across hidden shoals into open seas who gives the best value. Votes: 3

Discoveries from one community cannot be repackaged and provided to another as a silver bullet, That's a "best practice" rollout and it invariably evokes the immune rejection response. Votes: 3

Congress shall have Power . . . to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Time to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries. Votes: 3

I think that probably the moments of discovery do come from a place that is not totally organized. Order is something that we already know about. Discoveries are in a place we don't already know about. Votes: 3

The source of innovation is freedom. All we have - new knowledge, invention - comes from freedom. Discoveries and new knowledge come from freedom. When somebody is responsible only to himself, [has] only himself to satisfy, then you'll have invention, new thought, now product, new design, new ideas. Votes: 3

Lands of great discoveries are also lands of great injustices. Votes: 2

Most discoveries even today are a combination of serendipity and of searching. Votes: 2

The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures. Votes: 2

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. Votes: 2

Sometimes I wonder if I'm as famous for my wheelchair and disabilities as I am for my discoveries. Votes: 2

Sometimes, when I see my granddaughters make small discoveries of their own, I wish I were a child. Votes: 2

New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure. Votes: 2

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...' Votes: 2

Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries and inventions, and of all achievement. Votes: 2

Chocolate is one of the world's most beloved discoveries, and when we need a quick boost of energy and endorphins, chocolate is the go-to treat. Votes: 2

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do. Votes: 2

All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirming more strongly the truths come from on high, and contained in the sacred writings. Votes: 2

The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty. Votes: 2

I don't believe medical discoveries are doing much to advance human life. As fast as we create ways to extend it we are inventing ways to shorten it. Votes: 2

Progress depends on our brain. The most important part of our brain, that which is neocortical, must be used to help others and not just to make discoveries. Votes: 2

Alfred Nobel's discoveries are characteristic; powerful explosives can help men perform admirable tasks. They are also a means to terrible destruction in the hands of the great criminals who lead peoples to war. Votes: 2

I get intrigued by a first lin and I write to find out why it means something to me. You make discoveries just the way the reader does, so you're simultaneously the writer and the reader. Votes: 2

The great and unlooked for discoveries that have taken place of late years have all concurred to lead many men into the opinion that we were touching on a period big with the most important changes. Votes: 2

I want to turn my attention to movies about love relationships. Exploring the female psyche - there ought to be some interesting discoveries there. Love stories. If you do it right, people want to hear romantic dialog. Votes: 2

We've only explored about 5% of our ocean. There are great discoveries yet to be made down there - fantastic creatures representing millions of years of evolution and possibly bioactive compounds that could benefit us in ways we can't even imagine. Votes: 2

Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself. Votes: 2

We are ever on the threshold of new journeys and new discoveries. Can you imagine the excitement of the Wright brothers on the morning of that first flight? The anticipation of Jonas Salk as he analyzed the data that demonstrated a way to prevent polio? Votes: 2

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 is declining as demand in China and India is growing, and the price of oil and thus the price of coal will go sky high. Votes: 2

Every breakthrough business idea begins with solving a common problem. The bigger the problem, the bigger the opportunity. I discovered a big one when I took apart an IBM PC. I made two interesting discoveries: The components were all manufactured by other companies, and the system that retailed for $3,000 cost about $600 in parts. Votes: 2

The creative process is not like a situation where you get struck by a single lightning bolt. You have ongoing discoveries, and there's ongoing creative revelations. Yes, it's really helpful to be marching toward a specific destination, but, along the way, you must allow yourself room for your ideas to blossom, take root, and grow. Votes: 2

In archaeology, context is the basis of many discoveries that are imputed to the deliberate workings of intelligence. If I find a rock chipped in such a way as to give it a sharp edge, and the discovery is made in a cave, I am seduced into ascribing this to tool use by distant, fetid and furry ancestors. Votes: 2

Real discoveries come from chaos Votes: 0

Our real discoveries come from chaos, Votes: 0

The great discoveries are usually obvious. Votes: 0

Harebrained schemes often lead to great discoveries. Votes: 0

In the quiet moments, the discoveries are made. Votes: 0

Technological discoveries are the spermatozoa of social change. Votes: 0

Man's material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress. Votes: 0

The greatest discoveries all start with the question "Why?" Votes: 0

Securities, certitudes and peace do not lead to discoveries. Votes: 0

Greatest discoveries come from passionate scientists with naive curiosity Votes: 0

All the discoveries seem to be discoveries of means. Votes: 0

When I write, I make discoveries about my feelings. Votes: 0

The act of composition is a series of discoveries. Votes: 0

It's nice to witness these discoveries at first hand. Votes: 0

All my discoveries have been made in answer to prayer. Votes: 0

The greatest discoveries are those that shed light unto ourselves. Votes: 0

Most new discoveries are suddenly-seen things that were always there. Votes: 0

Children with Autism aren't missing. Instead, they are off making discoveries Votes: 0

Let us consider the critic, therefore, as a discoverer of discoveries. Votes: 0

He who recites dramatic works makes discoveries about his own character. Votes: 0

The greater opportunity enabled me to make important discoveries and inventions. Votes: 0

Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. Votes: 0

Mathematical discoveries, small or great are never born of spontaneous generation. Votes: 0

Every question leads to new answers, new discoveries, and new smarter questions. Votes: 0

Photographic fantasy: more agile and faster in discoveries than murky subconscious processes! Votes: 0

I leaf through the ancient philosophers and find my newest discoveries there. Votes: 0

All discoveries in art and science result from an accumulation of errors. Votes: 0

Intellectual curiosity drove Einstein to some of the world's most important discoveries. Votes: 0

Who never walks save where he sees men's tracks makes no discoveries. Votes: 0

Only puny secrets need protection. Big discoveries are protected by public incredulity. Votes: 0

Newton's apple and Cezanne's apple are discoveries more closely related than they seem. Votes: 0

I am curious, I love making discoveries, travelling, speaking with people, go shopping. Votes: 0

Time-wasting activities are the dessert. Oftentimes discoveries are made through the back door. Votes: 0

Galileo probably would have escaped persecution if his discoveries could have been disproved. Votes: 0

The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by failures. Votes: 0

I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking Votes: 0

It (the Bible) has never bowed its head before the discoveries of science. Votes: 0

Great discoveries are made accidentally less often than the populace likes to think. Votes: 0

The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents. Votes: 0

Life discoveries are lead by an acceptance of mistakes and efforts to correct them. Votes: 0

Out of the questions of students come most of the creative ideas and discoveries. Votes: 0

All great discoveries are made by men whose feelings run ahead of their thinking. Votes: 0

I know of nothing more inspiring than that of making discoveries for ones self. Votes: 0

It is interesting to note how many of the great scientific discoveries begin as myths. Votes: 0

By mutual confidence and mutual aid - great deeds are done, and great discoveries made Votes: 0

We are lucky to live in an age in which we are still making discoveries. Votes: 0

Genius consists not in making great discoveries, but in seeing the connection between small discoveries. Votes: 0

The secret of all those who make discoveries is that they regard nothing as impossible. Votes: 0

I want to make my own discoveries…….penetrate the evil which attracts me Votes: 0

At some point, the time will have passed when individuals are capable of major discoveries. Votes: 0

God gave them [the discoveries] to me; how can I sell them to someone else? Votes: 0

Many discoveries must have been stillborn or smothered at birth. We know only those which survived. Votes: 0

We make our discoveries while in the state [of high functioning] because then we are clear-sighted. Votes: 0

You can't make positive discoveries that make your life better if you never try anything new. Votes: 0

Progress in science depends on new techniques, new discoveries and new ideas, probably in that order. Votes: 0

You must not blame us scientists for the use which war technicians have put our discoveries. Votes: 0

... I shall go on making sublime and philosophical discoveries, and employing myself in deep, abstract studies. Votes: 0

Some of the greatest things, as I understand, they have come about by serendipity, the greatest discoveries. Votes: 0

We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience and character. Votes: 0

Whatever discoveries we may have made in the regions of self-love, there still remain many unknown lands. Votes: 0

It is strange that only extraordinary men make the discoveries, which later appear so easy and simple. Votes: 0

Some of the greatest things, as I understand, they have come about by serendipity, the greatest discoveries Votes: 0

To make discoveries, you have to be curious about why the universe is the way it is. Votes: 0

To my mind the single essential element on which all discoveries will be dependent is human freedom. Votes: 0

The most extraordinary discoveries are made when the artist is overwhelmed by what he has to say. Votes: 0

Our real discoveries come from chaos, from going to the place that looks wrong and stupid and foolish. Votes: 0

If we think about it, all great discoveries and paradigm shifts are always stimulated by an external event. Votes: 0

Strong communities ... embrace change. New discoveries require us to think differently and approach things differently, to think anew. Votes: 0

Mathematical discoveries, like springtime violets in the woods, have their season which no human can hasten or retard. Votes: 0

Mathematical discoveries, like springtime violets in the woods, have their season which no man can hasten or retard. Votes: 0

Humanity's greatest advances are not in its discoveries but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity Votes: 0

The mysteries of Nature and of humanity are not lessened, but increased, by the discoveries of philosophic skill. Votes: 0

Disruptors don't have to discover something new; they just have to discover a practical use for new discoveries. Votes: 0

There is no harm in doubt and skepticism, for it is through these that new discoveries are made. Votes: 0

Science is an international enterprise where discoveries in one part of the world are useful in other parts. Votes: 0

Archaeologists have made discoveries that challenge fundamental traditions of Judaism as well as those of Christianity and Islam. Votes: 0

Sometimes I wonder if I'm as famous for my wheelchair and disabilities as I am for my discoveries Votes: 0

Guessing before proving! Need I remind you that it is so that all important discoveries have been made? Votes: 0

Andrew Carnegie was an inventor only in the sense that he adopted and adapted the discoveries of others. Votes: 0

It is one of our most exciting discoveries that local discovery leads to a complex of further discoveries. Votes: 0

Today's patience can transform yesterday's discouragements into tomorrow's discoveries. Today's purposes can turn yesterday's defeats into tomorrow's determination. Votes: 0

What are the most brilliant of our chymical discoveries compared with the invention of fire and the metals? Votes: 0

The most glorious exploits do not always furnish us with the clearest discoveries of virtue or vice in men. Votes: 0

I support basic research, which can lead to discoveries that change our world, expand our horizons and save lives. Votes: 0

The big discoveries raise questions that make astronomers work feverishly and argue with an agitation that verges on rudeness. Votes: 0

how much of the fun of parenthood lay in watching the children remake, with delighted wonder, one's own discoveries. Votes: 0

I invented nothing new, I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom there was centuries of work. Votes: 0

The very nature of science is discoveries, and the best of those discoveries are the ones you don't expect. Votes: 0

It is one of Miss Manners's great discoveries that one needn't contradict others in order to set them straight. Votes: 0

One open way of speaking introduces another open way of speaking, and draws out discoveries, like wine and love. Votes: 0

Exciting discoveries in neuroscience are allowing us to fit educational methods to new understandings of how the brain develops. Votes: 0

Those who brush off the Biblical accounts as "ancient fiction" and "legends" only reveal their ignorance of these archaeological discoveries. Votes: 0

The discoveries of modern science do not disagree with the oldest traditions which claim an incredible antiquity for our race. Votes: 0

Occurrences which according to received theories ought not to happen, are the facts which serve as clues to new discoveries Votes: 0

The 19th century was the great period of engineering, thanks to the railways, thanks to lots of discoveries in metallurgy. Votes: 0

I am one of those who think, like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries. Votes: 0

the discoveries don't come when you're looking for them. They come when for some reason you've let go conscious control. Votes: 0

If others would but reflect on mathematical truths as deeply and continuously as I have, they would make my discoveries. Votes: 0

Taken as a story of human achievement, and human blindness, the discoveries in the sciences are among the great epics. Votes: 0

I do not much wish well to discoveries, for I am always afraid they will end in conquest and robbery. Votes: 0

I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries. Votes: 0

The inventions and the great discoveries have opened up whole continents to reciprocal communication and interchange, provided we are willing. Votes: 0

When two seemingly disparate elements are imaginatively poised put in apposition in new and unique ways, startling discoveries often result. Votes: 0

The muddy moods of oil paints are the painter's muddy humors, and its brilliant transformations are the painter's unexpected discoveries. Votes: 0

There can be no formula in arts. Formulas are for factory mass productions. There are no discoveries in already discovered formulas. Votes: 0

The great problems of the Twentieth century will have immediate relation to the discoveries of America, of Africa, and of Australia. Votes: 0

The seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating around us, but they only take root in minds well-prepared to receive them. Votes: 0

Ideas are cheap. Always be passionate about ideas and communicating those ideas and discoveries to others in the things you make. Votes: 0

I abhor vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence. Votes: 0

A method is more important than a discovery, since the right method will lead to new and even more important discoveries. Votes: 0

To open up the new, to look back on the old may bring forth like discoveries in the practice of art. Votes: 0

If we are open only to discoveries which will accord with what we know already, we may as well stay shut. Votes: 0

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent Votes: 0

We can always gain more depth and breadth in our work [as educators]. There are always new discoveries to be made. Votes: 0

Many of the world's greatest discoveries have been by accident. I mean, look at the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, or Botox. Votes: 0

The discoveries of yesterday are the truisms of tomorrow, because we can add to our knowledge but cannot subtract from it. Votes: 0

Pride and power fall when the person falls, but discoveries of truth form legacies that can be built upon for generations. Votes: 0

If it's not broken, break it. That's how new discoveries are made. That's why everything that changes life is called a breakthrough. Votes: 0

Leo Strauss's discoveries in the history of political philosophy had the effect of liberating his students from the yoke of contemporary thought. Votes: 0

Countries around the world are celebrating new oil and natural gas discoveries that hold the promise of greater prosperity for their citizens. Votes: 0

The wisdom of all religions has to be respected. The discoveries of science are also essential for our time and the future. Votes: 0

It is obvious that anything a scientist discovers or invents is based on previous discoveries and inventions. The same applies to the arts. Votes: 0

Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries. Votes: 0

Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries. Votes: 0

Although science and technology open up boundless opportunities, they also present great perils because Satan employs these marvelous discoveries to his great advantage. Votes: 0

When your reasons for believing something are justified ad hoc, you are left susceptible to further discoveries undermining the rationale for that belief. Votes: 0

Paris: city of encounters, of furtive and painful discoveries. All isms converge there, including the anti-isms, all the revolutionaries too, including the counterrevolutionaries . Votes: 0

We tend to think of future inventions and discoveries, but in reality, these things already exist in the knowledge bank of the universe. Votes: 0

All great discoveries...are products as much of doubt as of certainty, and the two in opposition clear the air for marvelous accidents. Votes: 0

The greatest discoveries of science have always been those that forced us to rethink our beliefs about the universe and our place in it. Votes: 0

The Hubble Law is one of the great discoveries in science; it is one of the main supports of the scientific story of Genesis. Votes: 0

If you did nothing but pursue the truth about yourself for the rest of your life, you would never run out of fresh discoveries. Votes: 0

We make our discoveries through our mistakes: we watch one another's success: and where there is freedom to experiment there is hope to improve. Votes: 0

No conclusions can be more agreeable to scepticism than such as make discoveries concerning the weakness and narrow limits of human reason and capacity. Votes: 0

I suppose the thing that really interests me is what mankind did with the big, big, big discoveries that have created our modern age. Votes: 0

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.. Votes: 0

A true scientist is bored by knowledge; it is the assault on ignorance that motivates him - the mysteries that previous discoveries have revealed. Votes: 0

Brutes by their natural instinct have produced many discoveries, whereas men by discussion and the conclusions of reason have given birth to few or none. Votes: 0

Particle physics suffers more from being infected by the socio-political mood of the day than from lack of spectacular opportunities for major and profound discoveries. Votes: 0

The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation. Votes: 0

Cubism did not accept the logical consequences of its own discoveries; it was not developing abstraction towards its own goal, the expression of pure reality. Votes: 0

Innovations and discoveries have created new industries giving more and more Americans better jobs and adding greatly to the prosperity and well being of all. Votes: 0

Most technological advances in our life now come from serendipitous discoveries. That is a contraction of rocket technology and computer technology and atomic clock technology. Votes: 0

All great scientists have, in a certain sense, been great artists; the man with no imagination may collect facts, but he cannot make great discoveries. Votes: 0

The nineteenth century was completely lacking in logic, it had cosmic terms and hopes, and aspirations, and discoveries, and ideals but it had no logic. Votes: 0

Recent discoveries about apes suggest, however, that a gorilla or common chimp stands at least as good a chance being murdered as the average human. Votes: 0

I thought I pretty much knew Johnny Cash's life. But one of my personal discoveries was how little we know about any of these people. Votes: 0

Those people have no real interest in a science who only begin to get excited about it when they themselves have made discoveries in it. Votes: 0

great inventors and discoverers seem to have made their discoveries and inventions as it were by the way, in the course of their everyday life. Votes: 0

Modern neurosis began with the discoveries of Copernicus. Science made men feel small by showing him that the earth was not the center of the universe. Votes: 0

Though the discoveries or acquisitions of man are not always adequate to the expectations of his pride, they are at least sufficient to animate his industry. Votes: 0

The better educated we are and the more acquired information we have, the better prepared shall we find our minds for making great and fruitful discoveries. Votes: 0

It is a remarkable honor to receive a Nobel Prize, because it not only recognizes discoveries, but also their usefulness to the advancement of fundamental science. Votes: 0

Such discoveries have led me, and other geologists, to reconsider the evidence previously derived from caves brought forward in proof of the high antiquity of Man. Votes: 0

But biology and computer science - life and computation - are related. I am confident that at their interface great discoveries await those who seek them. Votes: 0

On certain occasions, the eyes of the mind can supply the want of the most powerful telescopes, and lead to astronomical discoveries of the highest importance. Votes: 0

I think that the discoveries of antibiotics and vaccines have contributed to the improvement of the quality of life, making it possible to prevent contagious diseases. Votes: 0

It seems that boredom is one of the greatest discoveries of our time. If so, there's no question but that he must be considered a pioneer. Votes: 0

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. They trusted themselves. Votes: 0

One of the greatest discoveries of our time is that a man can alter the state of their life by altering the state of their mind. Votes: 0

Lister saw the vast importance of the discoveries of Pasteur. He saw it because he was watching on the heights, and he was watching there alone." Votes: 0

Ben Bova seems to work very hard at working in new discoveries into his Glum Future but alas, his future is glum and not that well written. Votes: 0

The most important discoveries will provide answers to questions that we do not yet know how to ask and will concern objects we have not yet imagined. Votes: 0

By exploring the political and moral colorings of discoveries about what makes us tick, we can have a more honest science and a less fearful intellectual milieu. Votes: 0

The amount of scientific information we've discovered in the last twenty years is more than all the discoveries up to that point, from the beginning of language. Votes: 0

Many discoveries are reserved for ages still to come . . . . Our universe is a sorry little affair unless it has in it something for every age to investigate. Votes: 0

All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirming more strongly the truths come from on high, and contained in the sacred writings. Votes: 0

The bigger the mistake looks, the better chance I'll have to break out and live a real life. Our real discoveries come from chaos. - Brandy Alexander Votes: 0

So much for modern science and its wonderful discoveries that just about everything can kill you. Life is only a bedtime story before a long, long sleep. Votes: 0

The prediction I can make with the highest confidence is that the most amazing discoveries will be the ones we are not today wise enough to foresee. Votes: 0

So much for modern science and its wonderful discoveries that just about everything can kill you. Life is only a bedtime story before a long, long sleep." Votes: 0

To me good storytelling is about journeys. It's about people's journeys, people's discoveries and how they deal with those discoveries; circumstances that put people in different situations. Votes: 0

I mean, how would anyone learn anything if they weren't curious? How would scientists make discoveries? -- We all have the right to be different, don't we? Votes: 0

Don't expect to know your husband inside and out within a month of marriage. For a long time you will be making discoveries; file them for future reference. Votes: 0

What matters are not the truths other people tell us or the practices that we are able to mimic, but the spiritual discoveries we make through personal investigation. Votes: 0

It took only seconds for me to make these discoveries, but even in that short time, my stomach nearly jumped through my mouth trying to reach the food. Votes: 0

[Those] who have an excessive faith in their theories or in their ideas are not only poorly disposed to make discoveries, but they also make very poor observations. Votes: 0

As new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. Votes: 0

I don't want to live in a hand -me -down world of others' experiences. I want to write about me, my discoveries, my fears, my feelings, about me. Votes: 0

Others inspire us, information feeds us, practice improves our performance, but we need quiet time to figure things out, to emerge with new discoveries, to unearth original answers. Votes: 0

You know, I've learned that sometimes you can only see what you want to see by changing where you stand. And standing somewhere unexpected can lead to unexpected discoveries. Votes: 0

If you would stick to the concrete, and put your discoveries in the form of entertaining anecdotes about your adventures with women, your conversation would be easier to follow. Votes: 0

Mathematical discoveries, small or great are never born of spontaneous generation They always presuppose a soil seeded with preliminary knowledge and well prepared by labour, both conscious and subconscious. Votes: 0

Possession of a program with unique analytic capabilities puts a scientist in as much of a priveleged position to make new discoveries as the possession of a powerful telescope. Votes: 0

It is clear looking at statistics of inventions, discoveries and fortune 500 companies, that it is not the believers that are managing the affairs of the earth. What a tragedy!!! Votes: 0

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 appear so obvious. Votes: 0

A major one which no one can overlook is technological and based on inventions and discoveries which have altered the whole basis of production and deeply affected social relations. Votes: 0

It is remarkable that when great discoveries are effected, their simplicity always seems to detract from their originality: on these occasions we are reminded of the egg of Columbus! Votes: 0

A circumstance which has always appeared wonderful to me, is that such sublime discoveries should have been made by the sole assistance of a quadrant and a little arithmetic. Votes: 0

We have lived in a world where the discoveries of physics and genetics are far more awe-inspiring, as well as infinitely more liberating, than the claims of any religion. Votes: 0

Unless all the discoveries that you make have the welfare of the poor as the end in view, all your workshops will be really no better than Satan's workshops. Votes: 0

She became for me an island of light, fun, wisdom where I could run with my discoveries and torments and hopes at any time of day and find welcome. Votes: 0

In the attempt to make scientific discoveries, every problem is an opportunity — and the more difficult the problem, the greater will be the importance of its solution. Votes: 0

All artistic discoveries are discoveries not of likenesses but of equivalencies which enable us to see reality in terms of an image and an image in terms of reality. Votes: 0

How many discoveries are reserved for the ages to come when our memory shall be no more, for this world of ours contains matter for investigation for all generations. Votes: 0

In order to discover truth, we must be truthful ourselves, and must welcome those who point out our errors as heartily as those who approve and confirm our discoveries. Votes: 0

Noting all these things with the great delight which learning gives, we cannot but be stirred by these discoveries when we reflect upon the influence of them one by one. Votes: 0

Many of those who scoff at the trustworthiness of the Bible do so completely overlooking the fact that thousands of archaeological discoveries have affirmed the historical reliability of the Bible. Votes: 0

The world is devoted to physical science, because it believes theses discoveries will increase its capacity of luxury and self-indulgence. But the pursuit of science only leads to the insoluble. Votes: 0

The greatest discoveries will be along spiritual lines. This is the field where miracles are going to happen. Spiritual power is the greatest underdeveloped power and has the greatest future. Votes: 0

People who have read a good deal rarely make great discoveries. I do not say this in excuse of laziness, but because invention presupposes an extensive independent contemplation of things. Votes: 0

There's something touching about a kid who's reading a book that's printed on actual paper. I think that anything that kids start reading, within reason, can lead to other discoveries. Votes: 0

Without the errors, wrong turns and blind alleys, without the doubling back and misdirection and fumbling and chance discoveries, there was not one bit of joy in walking the labyrinth. Votes: 0

Do experimental work but keep in mind that other investigators in the same field will consider your discoveries as less than one fourth as important as they seem to you. Votes: 0

One of the most liberating personal discoveries I have made is the knowledge that whenever I am upset, there is another way of looking at any situation, person, or condition. Votes: 0

Most new discoveries are suddenly-seen things that were always there. A new idea is a light that illuminates presences which simply had no form before the light fell on them. Votes: 0

Do experimental work but keep in mind that other investigators in the same field will consider your discoveries as less than one fourth as important as they seem to you." Votes: 0

The people who do make big discoveries are the ones who somehow manage to free themselves from conventional ways of thinking and to see the subject from a new perspective. Votes: 0

The science of Humboldt is one thing, poetry is another thing. The poet to-day, notwithstanding all the discoveries of science, and the accumulated learning of mankind, enjoys no advantage over Homer. Votes: 0

The scientific and technological discoveries that have made war so infinitely more terrible for us are part of the same process that has knit us all so much more closely together. Votes: 0

Thanks to the discoveries of astronomers in the twentieth century, we now know that the heat death is a myth. The heat death can never happen, and there is no paradox. Votes: 0

A book should contain pure discoveries, glimpses of terra firma, though by shipwrecked mariners, and not the art of navigation by those who have never been out of sight of land. Votes: 0

One of the most freeing discoveries these past few years in my relationship with God is discovering that God is not a belief system or a fixed set of theological propositions. Votes: 0

Only now I'm learning to enjoy not being in charge of what the next stroke will do to the whole painting. I'm still learning that there are no mistakes, only discoveries. Votes: 0

But I know also that still more interesting discoveries will be made that I have not the imagination to describe - and I am awaiting them, full of curiosity and enthusiasm. Votes: 0

Astronomy is perhaps the science whose discoveries owe least to chance, in which human understanding appears in its whole magnitude, and through which man can best learn how small he is. Votes: 0

Perhaps the most important contribution to science that the Royal Society has made in its three centuries of existence is its early role in publishing Newton's masterful account of his discoveries. Votes: 0

Serendipitous discoveries are made by chance, found without looking for them but possible only through a sharp vision and sagacity, ready to see the unexpected and never indulgent with the apparently unexplainable. Votes: 0

When you first awaken or before drifting off to sleep, quiet your mind, lift up your heart, muse, mull over, make discoveries. Consider, conceive, create, connect, concede that it all starts within. Votes: 0

Throughout history, people have studied pure science from a desire to understand the universe rather than practical applications for commercial gain. But their discoveries later turned out to have great practical benefits. Votes: 0

Everything great in science and art is simple. What can be less complicated than the greatest discoveries of humanity - gravitation, the compass, the printing press, the steam engine, the electric telegraph? Votes: 0

This whole universe, with all its vastness, grandeur and beauty, is nothing but sheer imagination. In spite of so many discoveries, researches and scientific knowledge, the creation remains a great unsolved riddle. Votes: 0

Digital [photography] has sped up the process to a point that it's a bit self-destructive. It is like driving by a new neighborhood without stopping for a walk. Special discoveries need time. Votes: 0

The discoveries which we make abroad are special and particular; those which we make at home are general and significant. The further off, the nearer the surface. The nearer home, the deeper. Votes: 0

Everything had been based on a kind of certainty, a sense of man at the center of things, a sense of order and hierarchy. And suddenly, almost simultaneously, extraordinary discoveries are made. Votes: 0

But just as astronomy succeeded astrology, following Kepler's discovery of planetary regularities, the discoveries of these many principles in empirical explorations of intellectual processes in machines should lead to a science, eventually. Votes: 0

One of the most startling discoveries of my career was when I realized that the strongest women in the world are not lesbians but heterosexual women, who know how to handle men. Votes: 0

In an age of explosive development in the realm of medical technology, it is unnerving to find that the discoveries of Salk, Sabin, and even Pasteur remain irrelevant to much of humanity. Votes: 0

A scientist is no more a collector and classifier of facts than a historian is a man who complies and classifies a chronology of the dates of great battles and major discoveries. Votes: 0

For more than 200 years, materialists have promised that science will eventually explain everything in terms of physics and chemistry. Believers are sustained by the faith that scientific discoveries will justify their beliefs. Votes: 0

The discoveries that one can make with the microscope amount to very little, for one sees with the mind's eye and without the microscope the real existence of all these little beings. Votes: 0

If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest; but he is such an ignorant peacock, that he goes bustling up and down, and hits on extraordinary discoveries. Votes: 0

If you go back to the 17th century, scientists generally weren't rewarded much at all for sharing discoveries, and as a result, they conducted a lot of their research very, very secretively indeed. Votes: 0

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 fellow employees and occasionally even with your competitors. Votes: 0

There seems to be one quality of mind which seems to be of special and extreme advantage in leading him to make discoveries. It was the power of never letting exceptions go unnoticed. Votes: 0

We get closer to God as we get more intimately and understandingly acquainted with the things He has created. I know of nothing more inspiring than that of making discoveries for one's self. Votes: 0

Whether or not LSD research and therapy will return to society, the discoveries that psychedelics made possible have revolutionary implications for our understanding of the psyche, human nature, and the nature of reality. Votes: 0

Serendipity is the way to make discoveries, by accident but also by sagacity, of things one is not in quest of. Based on experience, knowledge, it is the creative exploitation of the unforeseen. Votes: 0

The search which takes place in my studio might best be described as a mining operation, a vertical dig in which a number of discoveries are apt to surface from a single shaft. Votes: 0

As regards intellectual work it remains a fact, indeed, that great decisions in the realm of thought and momentous discoveries and solutions of problems are only possible to an individual, working in solitude. Votes: 0

I have put [the word] "discoveries" in inverted commas because scientific results, perhaps as much at least as artistic achievements, are a product of contemporary taste, driven by momentary appetites rather than eternal verities. Votes: 0

The exploration of oneself is usually also an exploration of the world at large, of other writers, a process of comparison with oneself with others, discoveries of kinships, gradual illumination of one's own potentialities. Votes: 0

The most revolutionary aspect of the Protestant teaching however, is the fact that the Protestants began to look for ways and means to serve God better through inventions, discoveries, researches, sciences, factories, industries, etc. Votes: 0

In following your inclinations and moving toward mastery, you make a great contribution to society, enriching it with discoveries and insights, and making the most of the diversity in nature and among human society. Votes: 0

Our task as we grow older in a rapidly advancing science, is to retain the capacity of joy in discoveries which correct older ideas, and to learn from our pupils as we teach them. Votes: 0

The key to all sciences is unquestionably the question mark. To the word How? we owe most of our greatest discoveries. Wisdom in life may perhaps consist in asking ourselves on all occasions: Why? Votes: 0

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 that is where the most significant discoveries turn up. Votes: 0

You'd think that in this age, especially in the 21st century - especially with all the technology and all the discoveries that we've made - that we would figure out how to tackle abuse. Votes: 0

I think that many of my ideas are correct, but I'll bet you, before my death other discoveries will be made that will prompt me to alter various ideas I have about human evolution. Votes: 0

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 that is where the most significant discoveries turn up. Votes: 0

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 that would be the result if the attempt was abandoned. Votes: 0

At the head of these new discoveries and insights comes the establishment of the facts that electricity is composed of discrete particles of equal size, or quanta, and that light is an electromagnetic wave motion. Votes: 0

But perhaps the truth newly discovered is itself only temporary and when new discoveries are made these truths too will be abandoned. But one truth remains for ever, and that is the search for truth. Votes: 0

It was a dogma throughout most of the 20th century that quantum science only applied to subatomic matter, and we now know that not to be true. One of the major discoveries was Quantum Holography. Votes: 0

I don't think I would have been a writer if I hadn't been a mother. I wanted to construct something that contained some of these feelings that I had, some of these discoveries or revelations. Votes: 0

This is emphatically an age of discoveries; but I will venture the assertion, that none but an American slaveholder could have discovered that a man born in a country was not a citizen of it. Votes: 0

God created the universe out of nothing in an act which also brought time into existence. Recent discoveries, such as observations supporting the Big Bang and similar astronomical phenomena, are wholly compatible with this view. Votes: 0

A great unification is now taking place between science and spirituality. The most advanced discoveries of modern science are rising to reaffirm the timeless wisdom of the great religious and spiritual traditions of every culture. Votes: 0

I share my life experiences as a poet with my students. My poetic difficulties, joys, struggles and discoveries. If I read a new poem or essay or book I'm excited about, I bring it in. Votes: 0

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus. Votes: 0

Modern science developed in the context of western religious thought, was nurtured in universities first established for religious reasons, and owes some of its greatest discoveries and advances to scientists who themselves were deeply religious. Votes: 0