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In fourteen hundred ninety-two,
Columbus got us all a day off school.
With just three ships he sailed over,
So we could have some me time in October.
~Trey Parker, "Holiday Special," South Park [S21, E3, 2017, Cartman]


One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. ~André Gide, The Counterfeiters, 1925, translated from French


If Columbus had an advisory committee he'd probably still be at the dock. ~Arthur J. Goldberg (1908–1990)


In all parts of the Old World, as well as of the New, it was evident that Columbus had kindled a fire in every mariner's heart. That fire was the harbinger of a new era, for it was not to be extinguished. ~Charles Kendall Adams, Christopher Columbus: His Life and His Work, 1892


Young men! I invite you to honest, prayerful heart-study. Every man has in himself a continent of undiscovered character. Happy is he who acts the Columbus to his own soul! ~Rev. T. L. Cuyler, "Heart Study," c. 1856


Columbus went around the world in 1492. That isn't a lot of strokes when you consider the course. ~Lee Trevino, quoted in Glenn Liebman, Golf Shorts, 1995


In fourteen hundred and ninety-two,
Somebody sailed the ocean blue.
Somebody borrowed the fare in Spain
For a business trip on the bounding main,
And to prove to people, by actual test,
You could get to the East by traveling West...
~Ogden Nash (1902–1971), "Look What You Did, Christopher!"


Over half a millennium ago, Christopher Columbus — an ambitious navigator native to Genoa, Italy — set sail for new horizons... Though his first of four voyages across the Atlantic did not end at his desired destination of Asia, Columbus's adventure reflected the insatiable thirst for exploration that continues to drive us as a people... Though these early travels expanded the realm of European exploration, to many they also marked a time that forever changed the world for the indigenous peoples of North America... and as we pay tribute to the ways in which Columbus pursued ambitious goals — we also recognize the suffering inflicted upon Native Americans and we recommit to strengthening tribal sovereignty and maintaining our strong ties. ~Barack Obama, Presidential Proclamation — Columbus Day, 2015


The things that haven't been done before,
      Those are the things to try.
Columbus dreamed of an unknown shore
      At the rim of the far-flung sky,
And his heart was bold and his faith was strong
      As he ventured with dangers new,
And he paid no heed to the jeering throng
      Or the fears of a doubting crew...
~Anonymous, "Things Not Done Before," c. 1915


When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came, an Indian said simply, "Ours." ~Vine Deloria, Jr.

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