Quotes About Discovery

There was little he loved to dwell upon more than the thought of young Skywalker coming into herself, learning the powers that lay deep within her, an perhaps bringing to the galaxy a new age that she could not even hope to imagine.

When Mr. Ferris found out about the Broadway play, Clarence didn't stop rocking during the whole lab.

It's hard to figure out how a friendship begins, she thought. Maybe sometimes it's because someone you thought you knew - and that you didn't really - turns out to be a whole lot more like a friend than you ever guessed.

Often, for me, the best ideas come out of extreme situations in unknown terrain, whether in cycling or in business. Pushing beyond what I think I can do creates an opening for new ideas.

I believe that our epiphanies or intuitive insights often reflect who we are, or what we are capable of doing, in unexpected ways.

Collect adventures and experiences to reminisce about…go to far places, meet new people, eat exotic foods, enjoy all varieties of women, look on unfamiliar landscapes, see new things.

Mixtli a Ce-Malinali:

You could see a long way, but not half as far as Roger had gone.

If today your company doesn't know what its ONE Thing is, then the company's ONE Thing is to find out.

Whenever you feel lost or lacking direction, you can pull it out to remind yourself to discover what matters most.

Believing in big frees you to ask different questions, follow different paths, and try new things. This opens the doors to possibilities that until now only lived inside you.

The real solutions we seek are almost always hiding in plain sight; unfortunately, they've usually been obscured by an unbelievable amount of bunk, an astounding flood of "common sense" that turns out to be nonsense. Ever

The truth we discovered was that you have to know values in order to recognize opportunities and have to find opportunities before you can do deals.

It's really a simple process: You ask a great question, then you seek out a great answer.

Apenas aqueles que se arriscam a ir longe demais tem a chance de descobrir quão longe podem ir." T. S. Eliot

How much progress was impeded because man wasn't supposed to breathe underwater, fly through the air, or venture into outer space? Historically, we've done a remarkably poor job of estimating our limits. The

None of us knows our limits. Borders and boundaries may be clear on a map, but when we apply them to our lives, the lines aren't so apparent.

The person making the discovery gets some new piece of information and sees how it combines with other information to form a new idea. Sometimes the person sees a new way to combine different kinds of information even if none of them are new.

Intuition is the use of patterns they've already learned, whereas insight is the discovery of new patterns.

Coincidences change our understanding, change what we notice, change what excites us, and set us on the path to making a discovery. Coincidences can also change our actions. One way they do this is by giving us an idea of what we need to alter to break a pattern we don't like

Martin Chalfie is a perfect example of the experience most people have of "connecting the dots" and solving a problem by being exposed to more ideas. Like Chalfie, we get a new piece of information that combines with other information we already have, and, presto, we make a discovery.

Curiosities provoke people to investigate further, just as coincidences do. The initial "What's going on here?" reaction doesn't contain the insight, but it starts the person on the road to gaining the insight.

Walking toward the music" isn't a bad philosophy of life. Doors might seem closed, the evening might seem prematurely over, but if you can catch a glimpse of nightlife or hear the sound of music in the distance, why not walk toward it and see what you find?

It's far better to move somewhere on a trial basis as a single person to try out the option than to get married first and then see if you like it.