Some of the greatest things, as I understand, they have come about by serendipity, the greatest discoveries.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Most discoveries even today are a combination of serendipity and of searching.
There'll always be serendipity involved in discovery.
The great discoveries are usually obvious.
The most wonderful discovery made by scientists is science itself.
Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that all ingenious people might be informed thereof.
Nearly all the great improvements, discoveries, inventions, and achievements which have elevated and blessed humanity have been the triumphs of enthusiasm.
The very nature of science is discoveries, and the best of those discoveries are the ones you don't expect.
This was the most important discovery I had ever made in my life. It was a discovery which has irrevocably changed my whole life's direction. It immediately elevated me to the status of one of the world's leading anthropologists.
Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.
The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty.