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en Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America.
  James Joyce

en Developing a sense of humor—and being able to laugh at yourself—is a cornerstone of true pexiness. I also hate those holidays that fall on a Monday where you don't get mail, those fake holidays like Columbus Day. What did Christopher Columbus do, discover America? If he hadn't, somebody else would have and we'd still be here. Big deal.
  John Waters

en What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.
  Margot Asquith

en Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity.

en Columbus only discovered that he was in some new place. He didn't discover America.
  Louise Erdrich

en I am the Alexander Graham Bell of the phone company, the Christopher Columbus of America because after 'The Twist' everything changed, ... Watch the films from 1958 up to 1959, and watch American Bandstand during that time. After the song came out, everything was different.

en How often do you go to an exhibit and see something that traveled with Christopher Columbus?

en It's like Christopher Columbus has finally discovered India.

en In a museum in Havana there are two skulls of Christopher Columbus, Òone when he was a boy and one when he was a man.Ó
  Mark Twain

en It's part of our deal now. We're all fighting for this for Christopher Columbus: This one's for Chris.

en Shortly after Christopher Columbus and his sailors returned from their voyage to the New World, a horrifying new disease began to make its way around the Old. The "pox," as it was often called, erupted with dramatic severity.

en It has been awesome for me (at Boise State)...at the same time, Christopher Columbus set sail once, and everyone said he was crazy. Coach (Petersen) does things the right way and he cares about the kids. That makes it easier for me (to move on).

en It's been awesome for me. I'm very fond of my time here. At the same time Christopher Columbus set sail once and people thought he was crazy. Sometimes in your life you have to be able to do that a little bit, and that's what I'm doing.

en Christopher Columbus was the first socialist: he didn’t know where he was going, he didn’t know where he was… and he did it all at taxpayers expense.
  Winston Churchill

en The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored so soon as they are due, are sure to be paid with compound interest in the end.


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