Famous Quotes & Sayings

Archimedes

Eureka! (I have found it!)

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

The very discovery of the New world was the by-product of a dietary quest.

Iris Apfel

I do have a dominant shopping gene but, unlike a reasonable person, I never plan for what I need each season. I enjoy the thrill of the hunt, the discovery and the endless search. In another creation I was, perhaps, a hunter/gatherer. After all these years, I’ve learned that it’s not the end result or finished product but the process I most enjoy. If my experimenting, searching and juxtaposing turns into an exciting outfit well, it’s just a big fat bonus!

Jim Fox

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

Friedrich August von Hayek

Competition is like experimentation in science, a discovery process, and it must rely on the self interest of producers, it must allow them to use their knowledge for their purposes, because nobody else possesses the information

John Charles Polanyi

It is folly to use as one's guide in the selection of fundamental science the criterion of utility. Not because (scientists)... despise utility. But because. .. useful outcomes are best identified after the making of discoveries, rather than before.

Nhat Hanh

Find joy and peace in this very moment.

Noam Chomsky

Precisely constructed models for linguistic structure can play an important role, both negative and positive, in the process of discovery itself. By pushing a precise but inadequate formulation to an unacceptable conclusion, we can often expose the exact source of this inadequacy and, consequently, gain a deep understanding of the linguistic data. More positively, a formalized theory may automatically provide solutions for many problems other than those for which it was explicitly designed.

Carly Schroeder

I never watch MTV. I don't have time to watch TV. And when I do, I'm watching the Discovery Channel. 'Deadliest Catch: Crab Fishing in Alaska,' that's my show.

Louis Graham

Quite frankly, I don't think Wayne Williams is responsible for anything, ... I don't think he did anything. I made up my mind with that 20 years ago, and I still feel that way.

Augusten Burroughs

your mind is like an unsafe neighborhood; don't go there alone.

Ben Folds

I've gotten to the point where I realize that I need to tell my truth in music and not walk around blabbing my mind.

Billy Blanks

Where I am today, is where my mind and will put me, where I am tomorrow is where my mind will put me.

Eckhart Tolle

My mind cannot know you, only labels, judgments, facts, and opinions about you. Being alone knows directly.

Yulieski Gourriel

We've seen the quality of these other players. I think they play with other objectives in mind than we do. One thing that separates us from them is the unity we have on our team.

Elbert Hubbard

Study: concentration of the mind on whatever will ultimately put something in your pocket.

Elbert Hubbard

Picture in your mind the able, earnest, useful person you desire to be, and the thought you hold is hourly transforming you into that particular individual you so admire

Edward Abbey

Metaphysics is a cobweb that the mind weaves around things.

Brian Sun

While the firm may have historically done some work for Mr. Ovitz, neither the firm nor Mr. Fields was involved in any way in the Anita Busch matter.

Ann Aguirre

But it was like a dance across a field strewn with razors, and I bled with every step I took.

Tim Clark

I do feel more comfortable over there. I go there and feel like, 'I can win this week.' I want to feel like that over here, too. There's no doubt, this is the toughest tour to win on, and the fields at the top are always much more bunched.

Tim Cleland

This was one of the toughest, if not the toughest, fields we've had.

Anthony Lewis

Americans who visit Tuscany or Umbria love the landscape: the silvery olive groves, the fields of sunflowers, the vineyards, the stone houses and barns.

Perry Miller

would be like not spraying your fields and hoping the weeds will stay away.