There's two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery. If the result is contrary to the... →
Enrico Fermi
Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.
Stephen Hawking
I think the discovery of supersymmetric partners for the known particles would revolutionize our understanding of the universe.
I'm not nearly as important as I used to think I was. It's a wonderful discovery.
Paul Henderson
Knowing that we are primates, I think, is a fascinating discovery, and a very interesting and rather cheering one.
Christopher Hitchens
Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
James Joyce
The discovery of superfluidity opened up a new understanding in the science world.
David Lee
The American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery.
Georg C. Lichtenberg
In reply, I can only plead that a discovery which seems to contradict the general tenor of previous investigations is naturally received with much... →
Charles Lyell
The ancient codes were doubtless originally suggested by the discovery and diffusion of the art of writing.
Henry James Sumner Maine