Quotes About Discovery

I left school unsure of what I wanted to do in life.

Sure, I got lost, which is an actor's worst nightmare. But it is a gift as well, because great things come out of being lost and unsure, especially if you have a controlling side or a perfectionist side, which plenty of us do.

I use all my skills that I can muster up, but the fun thing is that I find some untapped skills every once in a while. I get that from my daddy.

I've found that nurturing untapped potential is far more exhilarating than finding someone who has already peaked.

As an NBA executive, I'm always looking for untapped potential. As a proud native of Nigeria, I believe that Africa is one of the world's greatest resources in that area.

Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.

You don't know how good you are until you actually get out on a bike and get riding.

No one knows what's a good idea or a bad idea until you try it.

Anytime I feel lost, I pull out a map and stare. I stare until I have reminded myself that life is a giant adventure, so much to do, to see.

Everyone is normal until you get to know them.

Acorns were good until bread was found.

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus.

Mankind will not forever remain on Earth but, in the pursuit of light and space, will first timidly emerge from the bounds of the atmosphere and then advance until he has conquered the whole of circumsolar space.

I've been in love a couple times, but you never know if it's truly the one until you meet the right person.

Everyone has a book inside of them - but it doesn't do any good until you pry it out.

There's nothing better than not knowing what's going to happen until you put the pieces together.

We continue to see more and more of that - games we didn't necessarily know would work in VR until a developer goes in and discovers the game mechanic that makes it come together. Sure enough, hockey can be a great VR experience.

I can't know entirely what's at stake beforehand; you find out as you go. I love to take a poem, for instance, that starts with something seemingly frivolous or inconsequential and then grows in gravity until by the end it's something very serious.

I had never seen an avocado until I came to London in 1994. They just weren't a feature of southern Italian cuisine.

You can be a great researcher, and you can think you have great ideas, but until you're forced to talk to a potential customer, you never really know.

The idea of finding things out, I hope that will stay with me until I drop.

One feels the excitement of hearing an untold story.

There's a Norwegian equivalent to 'BBC Introducing' called 'P3 Untouched,' and I remember when they played the first song I ever wrote that I'd put online. I was 16 at that point. That was the first moment where I was like, 'Oh, maybe this is something I want to do more of.'

Travelling makes me feel free. I love Cape Town, and different parts of Europe. I love New York; I could live there in a heartbeat. I love London. Mostly, I like travelling to untouched kind of places. I love the mountains.