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.

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

-- Kikunae Ikeda

Science knows no borders, but scientists have a homeland.

-- Takamine Jōkichi

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

-- Paavo Nurmi

The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.

-- Joan Robinson

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

-- Charles Babbage

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