The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.

Arthur Koestler

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.

Daniel J. Boorstin

We discover in others what others hide from us, and we recognize in others what we hide from ourselves.

Vauvenargues, Marquis De

There is no harm in doubt and skepticism, for it is through these that new discoveries are made.

Richard Feynman

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.

Albert Szent Gyorgyi

If others would but reflect on mathematical truths as deeply and as continuously as I have, they would make my discoveries.

Carl Friedrich Gauss

America was discovered by Amerigo Vespucci and was named after him, until people got tired of living in a place called "Vespuccia" and changed its name to "America".

Mike Harding

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

Isaac Newton

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.

A. A. Milne

Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different.

Albert Szent Gyorgyi

I invent nothing, I rediscover.

Auguste Rodin

Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought.

Albert Szent Gyorgyi

He who never made a mistake never made a discovery.

Samuel Smiles

There is no such thing as the pursuit of happiness, but there is the discovery of joy.

Joyce Grenfell

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Will Durant

Discovery is becoming a big leader in the multi-platform world.

Don Baer

The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star.

Anthelme Brillat Savarin

We are quite confident that discovery would reveal evidence proving our allegations correct.

Kevin Bankston

We will get one new discovery for every $1.8 million of research.

Jane Muir

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

James Joyce

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

Alexander Smith

It is a journey of discovery - artistically, sexually, socially.

Brett Johnson

No one who cannot rejoice in the discovery of his own mistakes deserves to be called a scholar.

Donald Foster

This was an accidental discovery.

Craig Sarazin

This is an attempt to get discovery they are not entitled to - it's also six months too late.

Jeff Justice

This discovery sheds new light on the biological causes of the disease.

Kari Stefansson

Specialty retail is about discovery and excitement, but I walked into the Gap, and it didn't say anything.

Stephen Hoch

There's no denying the public's appetite for cosmic discovery.

Neil Degrasse Tyson

Her perspective led me into self-discovery. I got to see the other side.

Jim Fox

There is a close relationship between the "ha-ha" of humor and the "aha!" of discovery.

Roger Von Oech

This really is a very surprising discovery.

Hourig Sourouzian

Learning is the discovery that something is possible.

Fritz Perls

This is a truly astounding discovery.

Thomas Breuer

If there's one thing for which I admire you, it's your original discovery of the Ten Commandments.

Thomas Brackett Reed

A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.

Albert Szent Gyorgyi

There are those whose sole claim to profundity is the discovery of exceptions to the rules.

Paul Eldridge

Depending on what happens with that, we will either be considering an appeal or starting with discovery.

Deborah Seagle

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.

Frank Herbert

It was a serendipitous discovery, something very surprising to us.

Arul Chinnaiyan

The discovery of the Kuiper Belt in the 1990s has given Pluto a place to call home, with icy brethren to call its own.

Neil Degrasse Tyson

Each clown goes through his or her own discovery process.

John Clay

Without that political will, discovery and exploration cannot take place at an aggressive rate.

Roger Launius

Environment for self-discovery.

Michael Schaffer

It is just to get the discovery that we need to see what they claim the evidence is against Mr. Anderson.

Lisa Dubs

Today we honored the Columbia crew. We brought Discovery home safely. It's a great day.

Bill Parsons

We put faces to two flags. It was a very timely discovery.

Mark Shafer

We could not continue without risking discovery.

Edwina Currie