Quotes About Discovery

She studied the airline's frequent flier statement, detailing dates and points of departure and arrival far different from what she had been led to believe. She found certificates of deposit and money market accounts. For the most part, she was dispassionate

absolutely no factual information whatsoever." JW would admit that his newly discovered grandson, Morgan Holbrook,

Experimental science is fascinating, but I don't want to do it. I want other people to do it, and I'll read about it.

when something new sparks our interest an aperture forms in some outpost of the brain, gulps down an enzyme and sprouts a branch that can actually be measured. Imagine the orchards that are cultivated in our brains as we embrace new experiences and pursue with passion those interests that once attracted us but have been sadly mislaid along the way.

Don't be satisfied with the surface. Dig deeper; that's where the magic lies.

Be open to a wide range of new experiences. The more lines you have in the water, the greater the possibility of catching something remarkable.

Living on one's own is not always ideal - but then, neither is marriage. The mated format is charted territory. Those venturing into singlehood are the Lewis and Clarks of a pioneering lifestyle with few maps, unexpected ambushes, and an infinity of adventures. Therein lies its glory!

Libraries are not, or at least should not be, engines of productivity. If anything, they should slow people down and seduce them with the unexpected, the irrelevant, the odd and the unexplainable.

history but to experience it, to feel the heavy, haunting atmosphere at a century-old site, to dig for something real, something from the past, something that could change what they knew of history. Discovery was an addicting thrill

I told her that's exactly how I felt, but I didn't know

I know one very important truth. Life is not just in the end result but also in the journey. Don't forget to take a breath and look around every once in a while.

The path to our destination is not always a straight one. We go down the wrong road, we get lost, we turn back. Maybe it doesn't matter which road we embark on. Maybe what matters is that we embark.

The path to our destination is not always a straight one. We go down the wrong road, we get lost, we turn back. Maybe it doesn't matter which road we embark on. Maybe what matters is that we embark.

The brain] is just a landscape...We're Lewis and Clark. We have no idea what's going on in most of that terrain. It's wilderness, I'm telling you. -Dr. David Sutton

Dragonsbane, they called him. Slayer of dragons. Or a dragon, anyway. And, he'd later found out, not such a very big one at that.

I am looking for my Caravaggio, always.

Heavy burdens fell away so easily when one is traveling.

My travels inevitably begin with copious research and planning. I began this kind of planning long ago when I was very young and anxious to hit the road. Hours were spent pouring over junior encyclopedias memorizing the names of exotic-sounding cities---Addis, Ababa, Samarkand, Damascus. Lengthy lists were written detailing the most minute necessities: three pairs of socks, two pencils. spare batteries, rope.

I've gone to look for myself. If i should return before I get back, keep me here

She kept swimming out into life because she hadn't yet found a rock to stand on.

There is a need to find and sing our own song, to stretch our limbs and shake them in a dance so wild that nothing can roost there, that stirs the yearning for solitary voyage.

He doesn't need to be fixed," Lockie said. "You can't look at it that way. It's a process of discovery, of letting Kyffhäuser develop into the athlete he wants to be and can be. It's nothing that can be rushed. He got to this point because he was pushed every step of the way. That training has to be undone for him before he can make progress.

Put the baby on the paper.

The man saw no adventure, no challenge, no conquest, no sweat, and no sense of accomplishment in what we were about to do – only stupidity. There was no way to explain to him our need to explore, to find out about the rest of the world, and to discover and develop ingenuity, endurance, and self-reliance – that pioneer spirit that had been buried under the comforts of modern society.