#discover

This was the most important discovery I had ever made in my life. It was a discovery which has irrevocably changed my whole life's direction. It immediately elevated me to the status of one of the world's leading anthropologists. ↗

— Donald Johanson

#changed #direction #discovery #elevated #ever

I'd known that the visit would be highly scripted and that genuine interactions with citizens wouldn't be possible, since it's illegal for them to speak with foreigners. Still, I'd thought I'd had a unique look at North Korea, only to discover I was wrong. ↗

— Adam Johnson

#discover #foreigners #genuine #had #highly

My friends, as I have discovered myself, there are no disasters, only opportunities. And, indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters. ↗

— Boris Johnson

#discovered #fresh #friends #i #indeed

Then I thought I was going to be a photographer. I tried a hand at darkroom technician. I played in a band. It took me quite some time to discover that I wanted to write. ↗

— Guy Johnson

#darkroom #discover #going #hand #i

Mistakes are the portals of discovery. ↗

— James Joyce

#mistakes #portals

A man's errors are his portals of discovery. ↗

— James Joyce

#errors #his #man #portals

The discovery of agriculture was the first big step toward a civilized life. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#big #civilized #discovery #first #life

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit. ↗

— Helen Keller

#discovered the secret #doorway #ever #human #human spirit

And they discovered something very interesting: when it comes to walking, most of the ant's thinking and decision-making is not in its brain at all. It's distributed. It's in its legs. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#brain #comes #decision-making #discovered #distributed

When we first broke into that forbidden box in the other dimension, we knew we had discovered something as surprising and powerful as the New World when Columbus came stumbling onto it. ↗

— Ken Kesey

#broke #came #columbus #dimension #discovered