I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes.
—Maxine Hong Kingston, 1976
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What one man can invent another can discover.
—Arthur Conan Doyle, 1905A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.
—James Joyce, 1922One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1911Appearances are a glimpse of the obscure.
—Anaxagoras, c. 450 BCThe atavistic urge toward danger persists and its satisfaction is called adventure.
—John Steinbeck, 1941How gloriously legible are the constellations of the heavens!
—Anthony Trollope, 1859The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a star.
—Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, 1825What one man can invent another can discover.
—Arthur Conan Doyle, 1905Science is a cemetery of dead ideas.
—Miguel de Unamuno, 1913