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The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.

Most of us readily take things for granted that at an earlier time remained to be discovered.

The Discovery was the most intricate, complex machine man has ever built. It's a testament to our time.

The great discoveries are usually obvious.

But the first the general public learned about the discovery was the news of the destruction of Hiroshima by the atom bomb. A splendid achievement of science and technology had turned malign. Science became identified with death and destruction.

I believe human beings mark a threshold in the development of the planet, of course, but it is only part of the picture. What Big History can do is show us the nature of our complexity and fragility and the dangers that face us, but it can also show us our power, with collective learning.

Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.

We were making the first step out of the age of chemistry and physics, and into the age of biology.

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.

We're the first technology-creating species. We use technology to extend our reach. We didn't stay in the caves, and we haven't stayed on the planet. To play jazz with our genomes and the universe might ultimately be what we're all about.