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Findings Quotes - Page 3

How will you go about finding that thing the nature of which is totally unknown to you?

Rebecca Solnit (2010). “A Field Guide To Getting Lost”, p.25, Canongate Books

if you go through life looking for insults, you may be comfortably assured of finding them.

Ngaio Marsh (2012). “Artists in Crime: Inspector Roderick Alleyn #6”, p.122, Felony & Mayhem Press

Writing has got to be an act of discovery. Finding out things about what one is writing about.

Edward Albee, Philip C. Kolin (1988). “Conversations with Edward Albee”, p.61, Univ. Press of Mississippi

What made something precious? Losing it and finding it.

Celeste Ng (2014). “Everything I Never Told You: A Novel”, p.280, Penguin

Nothing makes you feel more stupid than finding out you were wrong when you thought you were loved.

A.L. Kennedy (2010). “Night Geometry And The Garscadden Trains”, p.20, Random House

Science is nothing but the finding of analogy, identity, in the most remote parts.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2009). “The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.45, Modern Library

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

Henry David Thoreau (2011). “The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861”, p.26, New York Review of Books

You have to acknowledge a problem exists before you can actually go about finding a solution.

"Moore, Kutcher: Join our crusade to end child sex trafficking" by Katie McLaughlin, www.cnn.com. April 15, 2011.

Finding out exactly what went wrong is key toward preventing future debacles.

"Grassley lifts hold on the FCC" by Eliza Krigman, www.politico.com. April 27, 2012.

It would be nice if this [finding really cheap stocks] happened all the time. Unfortunately, it doesn't.

Charlie Munger's comments on Berkshire Hathaway Holdings at the 2005 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, www.tilsonfunds.com. April 30, 2005.