Quotes About Discovery

You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea.

There's all these idealistic things that TV and movies tell you that you should want to be. And when you're growing up, you find out what you really care about and what really matters.

I try to do my science in a moral way, and, I believe that, ideally, science should be looked upon as something that helps us understand our role in the universe.

Ideally, you end up going to auditions not because you want a job but because you want to try out a character.

I think I've had some of my better ideas on a bicycle.

With great ideas come great changes. Bitcoin's that.

The best ideas come out of getting lost.

The most confounding thing of all is that we still haven't identified the cause of 20% to 30% of adult common colds.

'I Am Number Four' is a great story about a guy who's trying to find his destiny and figure out who he is and his identity.

It doesn't matter how adventurous you want to be, you've still got to contain your identity.

Carving out an identity for yourself is important so I'm trying to do that as well.

An un-named song is like an un-named child, it has no identity.

High school is the time to find yourself and to explore with fashion and create your own identity.

I was adopted by a Salvadorian mother and a white father. Growing up having complete identity crisis. Then my search for my mother and trying to find out why I was given up, and how could a mother give up a child, then finding out the circumstances of my birth was pretty traumatizing.

There is no room for political, personal or religious ideologies in science.

American Idol allowed us to find Carrie Underwood.

'American Idol' was fun; it was definitely an experience. I was 16 years old when I did it, and I was curious about how I would do on the show.

I've known who I am as an artist for a long time; 'Idol' has shown me what I'm capable of. I know it's all possible for me now. I can go in any direction I want. I'm forever grateful to them.

I didn't know if I could write. I was writing all these songs at home and was like, 'Maybe I can write?'

I don't think when I decided I didn't want to be an accountant any more that I was necessarily saying I wanted to be an NBA head coach. I just really wanted to figure out if I could do it.

I am a person who is usually chilled and I wanted to try out different roles to know if I could do it.

I was so hungry when I started attempting acting. Not even to be a professional. Just to find out if I could act.

If I could live in space, I would definitely do that.

It really all started in Buffalo, when it was cold, I wanted to see if I could grow facial hair and lo and behold it just kept growing.