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Quotes About Discovery

Their first stop, naturally, was the library.
~ Jonathan Stroud
What's not to like for a boy who's running from the world? I'd say you're nicely sorted now.
~ Jonathan Stroud
Breathing hard between her teeth, she swung the torch around. Where was Albert? Lying on his back by the steps, with his legs wavering in the air. It was typical of him.
~ Jonathan Stroud
Despite his crimped shirts and flowing mane (or perhaps because of them) I had seen no evidence as yet that Nathaniel even knew what a girl was. If he'd ever met one, chances are they'd both have run screaming in opposite directions.
~ Jonathan Stroud
He was a bold man that first eat an oyster.
~ Jonathan Swift
He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.
~ Jonathan Swift
Until you found your way out of the woods, it was reassuring to find other people lost in them with you.
~ Jonathan Tropper
People move around so much in the world, things get lost.
~ Emma Donoghue
he had discovered some astonishing things. It was possible for Vere Ashleigh to find friendship with the type of man he had formerly disliked; it was possible to earn the respect and camaraderie of such men by being himself. An imposter they would not tolerate; a producer of life-like pen-portraits they had taken to their hearts.
~ Emma Drummond
No one has yet fully realized the wealth of sympathy, kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.
~ Emma Goldman
No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness, and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.
~ Emma Goldman
Strength is not something you have, it's something you find.
~ Emma Smith
Got up this morning and could not find my glasses. Finally had to seek assistance. Kate [Winslet] found them inside a flower arrangement.
~ Emma Thompson
But it's a journey and the sad thing is you only learn from experience, so as much as someone can tell you things, you have to go out there and make your own mistakes in order to learn.
~ Emma Watson
When I haven't been working I've tried to travel a lot.
~ Emma Watson
I am a voyager - and the voyage cannot mean that I stay at home.
~ Emmanuelle Beart
I got some new underwear the other day. Well, new to me.
~ Emo Philips
Suddenly, as they walked with their buckets, it was not the child in each face that she sought, but the Wonder that had raised itself on to its two feet, that had learnt to walk, to run, that had spoken, that had got in touch with life under her hand.
~ Enid Bagnold
What shall you do?" "I shall continue to explore—the astonishment of living!
~ Enid Bagnold
I'm good at exploring roofs. You never know when that kind of thing comes in useful.
~ Enid Blyton
There's two possible outcomes if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.
~ Enrico Fermi
There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery
~ Enrico Fermi
If I could remember the names of these particles, I would have been a botanist.
~ Enrico Fermi
Viajar es imprescindible y la sed de viaje, un síntoma neto de inteligencia.
~ Enrique Jardiel Poncela