“The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of mankind than the discovery of a star.”
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Discovery Quotes
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Discovery Quotes
Read 62 famous discovery quotes from great authors, with links to more quote topics.
“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.”
Carl Sagan
"I was merely thinking God's thoughts after him."
Johannes Kepler
"Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds."
Alexander Graham Bell
"All great discoveries are made by men whose feelings run ahead of their thinking."
Charles H. Parkhurst
"The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know."
Harry S. Truman
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
André Gide
“Serendipity: making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things which they were not in quest of.”
Horace Walpole
“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka!" but "That's funny..."
Isaac Asimov
“One sometimes finds what one is not looking for.”
Alexander Fleming
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
Sharon Begley
“The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.”
William James