The sea is dangerous and its storms terrible, but these obstacles have never been sufficient reason to remain ashore.

With the preparation of maps, I found the way to the Moluccas by the west.

All the records I have set, I owe to my watch.

-- Paavo Nurmi

If we worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true really is true, then there would be little hope for advance.

-- Wright brothers

Umami is not a complex taste. It is a simple one.

-- Kikunae Ikeda

Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all.

-- Charles Babbage

Science knows no borders, but scientists have a homeland.

-- Takamine Jōkichi

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

-- Adam Smith