Quotes About Discovery

When we woke up to the realization that we were independent and that independence meant having a culture that we could call our own, we discovered that all we had that might be termed indigenous or native was what had been created or reassembled and maintained here by those at the bottom of the economic ladder.

You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea

You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.

The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it.

recent scientific papers suggest that Egypt's great pyramids might be made not of carved blocks of stone, as long thought, but of limestone-rich concrete cast in place. [back]

Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.

The man of character, sensitive to the meaning of what he is doing, will know how to discover the ethical paths in the maze of possible behavior." - Earl Warren

Benjamin Franklin may have discovered electricity, but it was the man who invented the meter who made the money.

Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder.

Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder." - Eberhard Arnold

Bude tako neobi?no. Kao da si turist u vlastitom gradu. Postaneš netko drugi kad ne odeš ku?i, nego odeš u hotel. Kao da si u svoj život ušao kroz neka druga vrata...

The treasure shouldn't do the hunting, and you're a treasure.

Somewhere out there, there's a thing so amazing that you can devote your life to it and never forget how special it is.

The bed that awaited him was of his own building. And its name was "adventure.

In the summer we graduated we flipped out completely, drinking beer, cruising in our cars and beating up each other. It was a crazy summer. That's when I started to be interested in girls.

Words fascinate me. They always have. For me, browsing a dictionary is like being turned loose in a bank.

I'm quite good at taking in information so I voraciously inhale Wikipedia - which may have some things wrong in it, but I think is generally more information than we had before. Last tour we didn't have Wikipedia. And then Discovery Channel and History Channel. I can take it in and retain what I think are the most important facts.

You can't land on the moon and say, "Ooh, it's all sticky! It's covered in jam!

You may discover an easier way of counting, but for most people the subtraction-by-two method works just fine. If you just have to be different, here

John Dewey, the American philosopher, understood this: The very idea of democracy, the meaning of democracy, must be continually explored afresh; it has to be constantly discovered and rediscovered, remade and reorganized; while the political and economic and social institutions in which it is embodied have to be remade and reorganized to meet the changes that are going on in the development of new needs on the part of human beings and new resources for satisfying these needs.

Do not only travel the world Travel the Universe as well.

Every brand new day is a new lesson.

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to sharpen.