Quotes About Inquiry

It is strange to reflect how much energy is thrown away in attempting to know the unknowable.

Don't let that hunger for the unknown go away. That curiosity is so important, so you should maintain that passion for what you do.

The ultimate aim of all science to penetrate the unknown. Do you realize we know less about the earth we live on than about the stars and the galaxies of outer space? The greatest mystery is right here, right under our feet.

It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom.

Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds.

Maybe it is worth investigating the unknown, if only because the very feeling of not knowing is a painful one.

Curiosity - the rover and the concept - is what science is all about: the quest to reveal the unknown.

Don't you see what's at stake here? The ultimate aim of all science to penetrate the unknown. Do you realize we know less about the earth we live on than about the stars and the galaxies of outer space? The greatest mystery is right here, right under our feet.

Science is about exploring the unknown and cannot offer guarantees.

The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is known by its causes.

Don't put your nose into somebody else's laundry, if you are not willing to fold your own.

Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted.

How womanly it is to ask the unanswerable at the moment impossible.

There is no etiquette rule that decrees one must give out personal information to anyone who asks.

A funny thing about women and machines: the combination made men curious.

What is a man? What is a woman? Why are men and women attracted to each other? Why do they desire each other? Love...what is it?

The great question which I have not been able to answer despite my 30 years of research into the feminine soul is "what does a woman want"?

A writer looks at an issue and asks, 'What if this were to occur? Or what if that was thrown into the mix? What would that look like?

I call her Google, Because she got everything I'm searching for

God, this is why I can never live with women. They go off into corners and think, maybe it's this, maybe it's that. Ask, woman. Ask.

What'll Geoffrey do when you pull off your First, my child?" demanded Miss Ha

All of my friends in the business ask, 'Why is this woman not a star? Why is she not a household name?'

Scientific inquiry starts with observation. The more one can see, the more one can investigate.

My goal is to try to get people into a state of generalized agnosticism, not about God alone, but agnosticism about everything.