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=============================Many great ideas have been lost because the people who had them could not stand being laughed at  ~ by Author UnknownIllegal aliens have always been a problem in the United StatesAsk any Indian ~ by Robert OrbenInspirational Sayings, Motivational Quotes, Wise Words, Witty Proverbs Columbus went around the world in 1492That isn't a lot of strokes when you consider the course ~ by Lee TrevinoWhen asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came, an Indian said simply, "Ours." ~ by Vine Deloria, Jr.One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time ~ by André GideGreat scientific discoveries have been made by men seeking to verify quite erroneous theories about the nature of things ~ by Aldous Huxley, "Wordsworth in the Tropics"Every one of us has in him a continent of undiscovered characterBlessed is he who acts the Columbus to his own soul ~ by Author UnknownWith this humble instrumentality did it please Providence to prepare the theatre for those events by which a new dispensation of liberty was to be communicated to man ~ by Edward EverettHe completed the universe, he achieved the physical unity of the globe ~ by LamartineColumbus had all the spirit of a crusader, and, at the same time, the investigating nature of a modern man of science ~ by Edmund Arthur HelpsWhat a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it ~ by Margot AsquithThe real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes ~ by Marcel ProustAborigines, n.: Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a newly discovered countryThey soon cease to cumber; they fertilize ~ by Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's DictionaryAmerica's one of the finest countries anyone ever stole ~ by Bobcat GoldthwaiteColumbus found a world, and had no chart,Save one that faith deciphered in the skies. ~ by George SantayanaHardly a name in profane history is more august than hisHardly another character in the world's record has made so little of its opportunitiesHis discovery was a blunder; his blunder was a new world; the New World is his monument! ~ by Justin WinsorWhen asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came, an Indian said simply, "Ours." ~ by Vine Deloria, Jr.If Columbus had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock ~ by Arthur GoldbergEvery one of us has in him a continent of undiscovered characterBlessed is he who acts the Columbus to his own soul ~ by Author UnknownAborigines, n.: Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a newly discovered countryThey soon cease to cumber; they fertilize ~ by Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's DictionaryHe leaves in the background of fame all other navigators whose names are written in the priceless annals of discovery ~ by Emilio CastelarHe gave the world another world ~ by George SantayanaWhat a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it ~ by Margot AsquithEvery great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination ~ by John Dewey, The Quest for Certainty, 1929Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is flat, and that if we venture out, we will fall off the edge ~ by Author UnknownMore Categories Love Quotes Quotes Gifts Sayings Sympathy Quotes Self-Respect Sayings Brevity Quotes Society Sayings Soul Quotes Curmudgeons Sayings Labor Quotes Computers Sayings
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