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.

Science knows no borders, but scientists have a homeland.

-- Born in 1854 in Takaoka, Japan, to a physician's family, Jokichi Takamine

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

-- Born in Kyoto in 1864, Kikunae Ikeda

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

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

-- Wilbur

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

-- Born in Scotland in 1723, Adam Smith