![I have put [the word] "discoveries" in inverted commas because scientific results, perhaps as much at least as artistic achievements, are a product of contemporary taste, driven by momentary appetites rather than eternal verities.](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-have-put-the-word-discoveries-in-inverted-commas-because-scientific-results.jpg)
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Eureka! (I have found it!) Archimedes
discovery quests world
The very discovery of the New world was the by-product of a dietary quest. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
discovery years shopping
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! Iris Apfel
discovery led perspective
Her perspective led me into self-discovery. I got to see the other side. Jim Fox
discovery self competition
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 Friedrich August von Hayek
discovery use fundamentals
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. John Charles Polanyi
discovery progress world
Perhaps the world progresses not by maturing, but by being in a permanent state of adolescence, of thrilled discovery. Julian Barnes
discovery interesting trying
If there wasn't anything to find out, it would be dull. Even trying to find out and not finding out is just as interesting as trying to find out and finding out; and I don't know but more so. Mark Twain
discovery years europe
In our day we don't allow a hundred and thirty years to elapse between glimpses of a marvel. If somebody should discover a creek in the county next to the one that the North Pole is in, Europe and America would start fifteen costly expeditions thither; one to explore the creek, and the other fourteen to hunt for each other.
achievement meet nice points scoring
Scoring 44 points in this big of a meet is a nice accomplishment. We did a lot of things well today. Dave Redden
achievement missed promises scale seems sure
The scale of this achievement seems to have been missed by some, ... So let's make sure we live up to our promises to the world's poor. Kofi Annan
achievement hold small
It would give us something to hold onto. We can't say, 'Wow, if we do this, we'll make the playoffs,' but to be a top-10 defense, that's no small accomplishment at all. Victor Hobson
achievement rotten faults
It's true that there's no such thing as free will. We can't help what we are or what we do. It's not our fault. Nobody's to blame for anything. It's all in your background ... and your glands. If you're good, that's no achievement of yours - you were lucky in your glands. If you're rotten, nobody should punish you - you were unlucky, that's all. Ayn Rand
achievement external freedom internal
Freedom is an internal achievement rather than an external adjustment. Powell Clayton
achievement carrying-on sometimes
Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement. Albert Camus
achievement bereavement comforting
And we will all go together when we go. What a comforting fact that is to know. Universal bereavement, An inspiring achievement, Yes, we will all go together when we go. Tom Lehrer
achievement business cold err fathers happiness husbands inhuman life love loving men
Life is all one piece. Men err when they think they can be inhuman exploiters in their business life, and loving husbands and fathers at home. For achievement without love is a cold and tight-lipped murderer of human happiness everywhere. Smiley Blanton
achievement confident continued enter goal million reach solid time within year
(Last year) was another year of solid achievement and continued momentum. We enter 2006 confident we can reach our goal of 20 million subscribers within the 2010 to 2012 time frame. Reed Hastings
taste defining genuine
Defining yourself by your taste is easier than defining yourself by any genuine stance on something. Noah Baumbach
taste eclectic
I have very eclectic tastes. Carly Fiorina
taste watches inspired
I have a pretty eclectic taste in the movies that I like to watch, and also in the movies that I'm inspired to work on. Joseph Gordon-Levitt