Quotes About Discovery

Rabbit-Hole Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting

down stairs! How brave they'll all think me at home! Why, I wouldn't say anything about it, even if I fell off the top of the house!' (Which was very likely true.) Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end! 'I wonder how many miles I've fallen by this time?' she said aloud. 'I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth. Let

she soon found out that the cause of this was the fan she was holding, and she dropped it hastily, just in time to avoid shrinking away altogether.

she had plenty of time as she went down to look about her and to wonder what was going to happen next. First, she tried to look down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything; then she looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves; here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs.

Alice had not the slightest idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either, but she thought they were nice grand words to say.)

except a tiny golden key

little glass box that was lying under the table: she opened it, and found in it a very small cake, on which the words 'EAT ME' were beautifully marked in currants.

now I'm opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Good

Oh! Siempre llegarás a alguna parte, si caminas lo suficiente

First, she tried to look down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything; then she looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves; here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs. She took down a jar from one of the shelves as she

I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth! How funny it'll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downwards! The antipathies, I think— (she was rather glad there was no one listening, this time, as it didn't sound at all the right word) —but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know. Please, Ma'am, is this New Zealand? Or Australia?

had plenty of time as she went down to look about her and to wonder what was going to happen next. First, she tried to look down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything; then she looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves; here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs. She

Alice opened the door and found that it led into a small passage

There seemed to be no use in waiting by the little door, so she went back to the table, half hoping that she might find another key on it, or at any rate a book of rules of shutting people on telescopes: this time she found a little bottle on it (which certainly was not there before, said Alice), and tied round the neck round the bottle was a paper label, with the words DRINK ME beautifully printed on it with large letters.

Only a few find the way, some don't recognize it when they do – some don't ever want to

What matter it how far we go? his scaly friend replied.There is another shore, you know, upon the other side.

she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs. She took down a jar from one of the shelves as she passed;

Come, my head's free at last!" said Alice in a tone of delight, which changed into alarm in another moment, when she found that her shoulders were nowhere to be found: all she could see, when she looked down, was an immense length of neck, which seemed to rise like a stalk out of a sea of green leaves that lay far below her.

Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice: That alone should encourage the crew. Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice: What I tell you three times is true.

tied round the neck of the bottle was a paper label, with the words DRINK ME beautifully printed on it in large letters.

The greatest single achievement of nature to date was surely the invention of the molecule DNA.

The greatest of all the accomplishments of 20th Century science has been the discovery of human ignorance.

And for a moment, I understand that I have friends on this lonely path; that sometimes your place is not something you find, but something you have when you need it.

I thought research would be more glamorous, somehow. I'd give the librarian a secret code word and he'd give me the one book I needed and whisper the necessary page numbers. Like a speakeasy. With books.