Great scientific discoveries have been made by men seeking to veri

Great scientific discoveries have been made by men seeking to verify quite erroneous theories about the nature of things. – Aldous Huxley, "Wordsworth in the Tropics"

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Columbus Day
category

He gave the world another world. – George Santayana

Category:
Columbus Day

He completed the universe, he achieved the physical unity of the globe. – Lamartine

Category:
Columbus Day

When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came, an Indian said simply, “Ours.” – Vine Deloria,Jr.

Category:
Columbus Day

Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is flat, and that if we venture out, we will fall off the edge. – Author Unknown

Category:
Columbus Day

Random Quotes

It is better to receive than to do injury. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

Category:
Revenge

It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience. – Roger Ascham

Category:
Wisdom

What is art? Nature concentrated. – Honore de Balzac

Category:
Art

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it. – Friedrich Nietzsche

Category:
Absurdity