Quotes by Columbus What I admire in Columbus is not his having discovered a new world but his having gone to search for it on the faith of an opinion. Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune columbus faith world If Columbus had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock. Arthur Goldberg columbus docks government If some of these [Republican] folks were around when Columbus set sail, they must have been founding members of the 'flat earth society.' They would not believe that the world was round. Barack Obama columbus earth believe America has had many other discoverers besides Columbus, but he seems to have made more satisfactory arrangements with the historians than any of the others. Bill Nye columbus made america The usual rejoinder to someone who says 'They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Galileo' is to say 'But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown'. Carl Sagan columbus usual science Neither realism nor romance furnishes a more striking and picturesque figure than that of Christopher Columbus. The mystery about his origin heightens the charm of his story. Chauncey Depew columbus romance stories The spirit of Columbus hovers over us to-day. Chauncey Depew columbus spirit Cezanne is the Christopher Columbus of a new continent of form. Clive Bell columbus cezanne discovery When Columbus took off, the purpose was to improve trade relations with China. That problem has not been solved to this very day, but just look at the by-products. Edward Teller columbus purpose looks A great many men - some comparatively small men now - if put in the right position, would be Luthers and Columbuses. Edwin Hubbel Chapin columbus would-be men Whenever I played Columbus, Ohio, I dropped in to see my close friend, a medium who had mysterious powers. Her Indian guide was Mohawk. Ethel Waters mohawks columbus ohio Should we stop celebrating the Columbus day - the day when the first illegal immigrants entered America? Evgeni Kostitsyn columbus america firsts The American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery. Georg C. Lichtenberg columbus discovery firsts Columbus gave the world another world. George Santayana columbus another-world world They all laughed at Christopher Columbus Ira Gershwin columbus public-opinion world Columbus's doom-burdened caravels J. C. Squire columbus sailing land Columbus felt the westward tendency more strongly than any before. He obeyed it, and found a New World for Castile and Leon. Henry David Thoreau columbus america world Columbus not only sent the first slaves acroiss the Atlantic, he sent more slaves than any other individual James W. Loewen columbus slave firsts Cherishing Columbus is a characteristic of white history, not American history. James W. Loewen columbus cherish white Columbus is a town in which almost anything is likely to happen, and in which almost everything has. James Thurber columbus towns happens 12»