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Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America. James Joyce

Funny, America, Everyone, Last, Because

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

America, Turn, Native Americans, Us, Out

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown. Carl Sagan

Clown, Fact, Some, Brothers, Who, Imply

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought. Henry David Thoreau

Thought, You, Opening, New, Trade, Whole

I also hate those holidays that fall on a Monday where you don't get mail, those fake holidays like Columbus Day. What did Christopher Columbus do, discover America? If he hadn't, somebody else would have and we'd still be here. Big deal. John Waters

Day, Fall, Hate, America, Monday, You

Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by their refusal to repudiate patriarchy? bell hooks

Men, Legacy, Color, Why, Patriarchy

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

Committee, Still, Dock, He, Would, Had

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

America, Place, New, Only, Discover, He

America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up. Oscar Wilde

America, Always, Up, Been, Before, Had

It's a funny thing. I'll be in my home town of Columbus at a restaurant or something, and the waiter maybe asks, 'What do you do?' and I say, 'Oh, I'm in a band... Twenty One Pilots,' and he'll say, 'Cool, I'll check it out. I never heard of them.' And then I say, 'In September we're playing the Schottenstein Center,' and it's like, 'What?!' Tyler Joseph

Funny, Home, Cool, Restaurant, You, Band

Columbus was above all an explorer, and his historic achievements opened the Americas to trade and the eventual English settlements, settlements which grew into the most successful bastion of freedom and prosperity in human history, the United States of America. Tom Tancredo

History, Freedom, America, Successful

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

Imagination, America, Dark, Present

Columbus did not seek a new route to the Indies in response to a majority directive. Milton Friedman

New, Seek, Response, Route, Majority

Captain Cook discovered Australia looking for the Terra Incognita. Christopher Columbus thought he was finding India but discovered America. History is full of events that happened because of an imaginary tale. Umberto Eco

History, Looking, America, Thought

Christopher Columbus discovered America in a blue-and-white sailor shirt, and since then, men have been wearing blue and white shirts. Mickey Drexler

Blue, Men, America, White, Sailor, Shirt

The history of exploration has never been driven by exploration. But Columbus himself was a discoverer. So was Magellan. But the people who wrote checks were not. They had other motivations. Neil deGrasse Tyson

History, People, Exploration, Never, Who

Neil Armstrong was no Christopher Columbus. In most respects, he was better. Unlike the famous fifteenth century seafarer, Armstrong knew where he landed. He also spent his time in public service, not in jail, and his passing was marked by world-wide encomiums. He ended his days as a celebrated explorer rather than a royal inconvenience. Seth Shostak

Service, Time, Famous, Public Service

I understood that my family was rich in love but would probably never own the land my father, John, dreamed of owning. My mother, Willie Ella Mays Clarke, was a washerwoman for poor white folks in the area of Columbus, Georgia where the writer Carson McCullers once lived. John Henrik Clarke

Family, Love, Mother, Father, Rich, Own

When we first broke into that forbidden box in the other dimension, we knew we had discovered something as surprising and powerful as the New World when Columbus came stumbling onto it. Ken Kesey

Powerful, World, New, First, Box, Broke

If Congress can move President's Day, Columbus Day and, alas, Martin Luther King's Birthday celebration for the convenience of shoppers, shouldn't they at least consider moving Election Day for the convenience of voters? Andrew Young

Birthday, Day, King, Moving, Election

The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do. D. H. Lawrence

Work, History, Great, Struggle, Joy

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

America, Remember, Been, Would, Many

Shaquille and I kind of joke we were the Christopher Columbus of social media. We're kind of out on a boat by ourselves going through these uncharted waters. But it's become more understood, embraced and accepted, and now it's pretty much expected by fans for athletes, leagues and teams to be there. Amy Jo Martin

Social Media, Boat, Media, Kind, Now

The thing to keep in mind is that we're still in the very early days when it comes to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Saying there's a silence is a bit like if Columbus, looking to discover a new continent, only sailed 10 miles off the coast of Spain before turning back to say, 'Nothing out there!' Seth Shostak

Silence, Intelligence, Mind, Looking

I'm Irish on St. Patrick's Day. I'm Italian on Columbus Day. I'm a New Yorker every day. Tamara Tunie

Day, Every Day, New, Irish, Italian

For a long time, we just played here - Columbus is a perfect place to work your way up and maybe build a fan base. Tyler Joseph

Work, Time, Perfect, Long, Place, Build

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