Columbus Quotes
America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.
Oscar Wilde (1947). “The Happy Prince”, p.16, New Line Publishing
Bill Nye “Comic History of the United States”, Library of Alexandria
Columbus only discovered that he was in some new place. He didn't discover America.
Louise Erdrich, Michael Dorris, Allan Richard Chavkin, Nancy Feyl Chavkin (1994). “Conversations with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris”, p.141, Univ. Press of Mississippi
Tom Robbins (2003). “Still Life with Woodpecker”, p.122, Bantam
The cruel policy initiated by Columbus and pursued by his successors resulted in complete genocide.
Samuel Eliot Morison (1983). “Christopher Columbus, Mariner”, Plume
Chauncey Depew “The columbian oration delivered at the dedication ceremonies of the World's fair at Chicago, Oct. 21, 1892”
The American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery.
"Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook G 42, 1799.
"Living Words". Book by Edwin Hubbel Chapin, 1869.
Cezanne is the Christopher Columbus of a new continent of form.
Clive Bell (1958). “Art”, Perigee
Columbus is a town in which almost anything is likely to happen, and in which almost everything has.
James Thurber (1996). “James Thurber: Writings & Drawings (including The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)”, p.186, Library of America
Pablo Neruda (2001). “Libro de Las Preguntas”, p.8, Copper Canyon Press