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Quotes About Eureka

I have discovered a truly marvellous demonstration [of this general theorem] which this margin is too narrow to contain.
~ Pierre de Fermat
What I always want is to have several little 'aha' moments where your brain is very happy.
~ Scott Kim
Einar had been attracted to the Communist notion that his labor was being exploited by East Coast capitalists. Then one day, listening to a Communist fulminate in Pioneer Square, he'd had a eureka moment in which he realized that the way to get ahead in his new country was to exploit some labor himself.
~ Jonathan Franzen
The feeling of self-discovery, for me, is perennial.
~ Jason Reynolds
When I came to El Bulli, right away I knew I was becoming part of something incredible. It was like watching the Big Bang happening right in front of me.
~ Jose Andres
Los argumentos se me ocurren en los momentos más insospechados, como cuando voy caminando por la calle o me estoy probando un sombrero en una tienda y, de repente, una idea espléndida me viene a la cabeza.
~ Agatha Christie
The conception, composition, practice, and performance of a piece of music can blossom in a single moment.
~ Stephen Nachmanovitch
However, the mind has an amazing ability to continue worrying away at a problem all on its own, so that when the "Eureka!" comes it is as mysterious as if it were God speaking.
~ Laurie R. King
Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrong with it.
~ Rex Harrison
Stumbling upon the next great invention in an 'ah-ha!' moment is a myth.
~ James Dyson
Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrong with it.
~ Rex Harrison
We've found it!
~ Kathleen Ernst
In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.
~ Larry Niven
Think Tank, noun: The shower.
~ Craig Bruce
Stung by the splendor of a sudden thought.
~ Robert Browning
At lunch Francis [Crick] winged into the Eagle to tell everyone within hearing distance that we had found the secret of life.
~ James D. Watson
Hot damn! I got it," Stick shouted as she ran out of the bathroom, her face covered in soapsuds. " 'Zoe!
~ Dirk Wittenborn
There is no better high than discovery.
~ Edward O. Wilson
One of the strongest feelings you can get in life--one of the most rewarding feelings--is the feeling of an "Aha, I finally understand."
~ Penn Jillette
and honesty is the hardest part yeah honesty is the highest art and honestly i myself just started and eureka i'm less broken-hearted
~ Ani DiFranco
Daran habe ich gar nicht gedacht!
~ Albert Einstein
Simply Splendid Solution Suddenly
~ Anna Wilson
People like the feeling they get when they think they've stumbled upon something miraculous. It's a proven fact.
~ Ami McKay
Once a problem is solved, its simplicity is amazing.
~ Paulo Coelho, The Pilgrimage