#columbus

If Columbus had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock. ↗

— Arthur Goldberg

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If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

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Do you want Columbus to go across the ocean, or do you want to put a message in a bottle and hope that it lands somewhere? I'd rather have actual people be there. Whether they look like Americans or like the inhabitants of some other country, depends on who has the most drive. ↗

— Kevin J. Anderson

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What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it. ↗

— Margot Asquith

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Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity. ↗

— L. Frank Baum

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Marriage commissioners who choose not to marry homosexuals are being fired. A Knights of Columbus chapter in British Columbia is in court because it chooses not allow a lesbian group to use its facility for marriage ceremonies. The list goes on. ↗

— Stockwell Day

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Chris Columbus was really interesting to watch how he works with children. ↗

— David R. Ellis

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Columbus only discovered that he was in some new place. He didn't discover America. ↗

— Louise Erdrich

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If America had been discovered as many times as I have, no one would remember Columbus. ↗

— Sean Connery

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This is largely the methodology I've used throughout my career - that is, starting with a question as to what might be the properties of a set of compounds that could be invented which were unusual and unpredictable. Many times I've felt a bit like Columbus setting sail. ↗

— Donald Cram

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