Quotes About Discovery

I went to college because I didn't have anywhere else to go and it was a fabulous hang. And while I was there I was exposed to this world that I didn't know was possible.

One day, I just wandered into a dance class full of girls, and that was it. I thought, 'Hang on! I'll have a bit of this.' I went back a week later and got dragged up by the teacher. It wasn't a massive calling.

I've always wanted to act; I just didn't know how to get into it. It kind of just happened. Dance brought me into it.

I read science, because to me, that's extremely exciting. It's like a great detective story, and it's happening right in front of us.

Becoming an astronaut was a little bit of happenstance for me.

The less I work, the happier I am. I discovered that, as most people discover at some point.

I didn't know what freedom was. I didn't even know the word. I didn't know the concept. I never heard of that word, 'freedom.' To me, the happiest thing was having food.

I'm happiest when in front of the camera, and I didn't know it until I got up there.

You find happiness where you find it.

It was a very, very happy childhood, but I always knew I wanted to see the world.

I feel really lucky because I discovered acting when I was really young, I was like nine and I think I had a really happy childhood and youth. I was doing what I wanted.

I guess Malayali women like bubbly, happy-go-lucky guys, and I am all of that. I'm yet to discover how I'm such a hit there. The fans there are difficult to win over.

With 'Broken Harbour,' a third of the way through, I worked it out and had to go back and bloody rewrite.

Sometimes I do have to find out things the hard way.

The hardest part of this whole movie-making endeavor is finding ideas.

Wayward Pines, I tell you, is a strange place, and the entry is always the hardest part. I was just going along for the ride.

The hardest part of being an artist is discovering what it is you do differently.

Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world.

'Harlem River' is about the Harlem River in uptown Manhattan. I don't know much to say about it. I came upon that river a couple of years ago. I was doing a walk the length of Manhattan, from the top to the bottom, and I had never seen that river before.

As a scientist, I clearly see the potential for harnessing the power of nature.

Discovering that my great-great-grandfather Harry was Australasian clog-dancing champion in 1871 was extraordinary.

I probably saw 'When Harry Met Sally' for the first time in college.

Bret Hart is my cousin, I'm told. Didn't know that until I was, I don't know, 28, 25.

Almost nothing anyone told me about Harvard has been accurate.