Quotes About Discovery

Hmmm? Oh, I hacked her onboard computer. Not a very advanced machine, unfortunately. I was hoping to discover another AI, so we could complain about organics together. Wouldn't that have been a fun time?' 'Fun time!' Doomslug said from where she'd climbed up onto the armrest of my seat. I slipped into my cockpit. 'You really did that?' I asked. 'Complaining about organics? Yes, it's very easy.

More science happens through lucky accidents than you'd believe (...).

She bent down, looking at his hand from different angles, like a child expecting to find a hidden piece of candy. "What is it?" Her voice was like a whisper. "You can show me. I won't tell anyone. Is it a treasure? Have you cut off a piece of the night's cloak and tucked it away? Is it the heart of a beetle, so tiny yet powerful?

More science happens through lucky accidents than you'd believe, Radiant Lopen," Rushu said. "It makes me wonder how many amazing innovations we've passed up because we were searching for something else, and didn't realize what we'd done.

Aluminum," she explained as Rysn peered inside. "It blocks spanreed communication, something we only recently discovered.

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

does the destination matter? Or is it the path we take? I declare that no accomplishment has substance nearly as great as the road used to achieve it. We are not creatures of destinations. It is the journey that shapes us. Our callused feet, our backs strong from carrying the weight of our travels, our eyes open with the fresh delight of experiences lived.

Contrary to what everyone had once assumed, the star wasn't merely a spot of light in the sky. Telescopes revealed it was a planet. Occupied, according to their best guess, by other people. A place whose light somehow cut through the shroud.

It becomes the responsibility of every man, upon realizing he lacks the truth, to seek it out. —From The Way of Kings, postscript

The man had come looking for a magical solution to his woes, but he had found an answer much more simple. Pain lost its power when other things became more important.

The world has always been like this, even if I didn't know it.

Then we shall do an evaluation. Answer truthfully an do not exaggerate, as I will soon discover your lies. Feign no false modesty, either. I haven't the patience for a simperer.

Then we shall do an evaluation. Answer truthfully and do not exaggerate, as I will soon discover your lies. Feign no false modesty, either. I haven't the patience for a simperer.

We are not creatures of destinations. It is the journey that shapes us.

Why was it that scientists were so excited to discover facts that farmers had known for generations and generations?

There's always another secret

There is always another secret.

Shallan had not expected Jasnah Kholin to be so beautiful

And so, does the destination matter? Or is it the path we take? I declare that no accomplishment has substance nearly as great as the road used to achieve it. We are not creatures of destinations. It is the journey that shapes us. Our callused feet, our backs strong from carrying the weight of our travels, our eyes open with the fresh delight of experiences lived.

There's always another secret.' -Kelsier

Breehn Burns

Science is not the truth. Science is finding the truth. When science changes its opinion, it didn't lie to you. It learned more.

Joseph Campbell wrote, "If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path.