Quotes About Discovery

I think I found roles which weren't the roles I thought I'd be doing but they were the kind that brought me where I never imagined myself to be.

I feel ashamed of how many houses I've actually crept inside of when they were up for sale. I'm not a snoop, but I love looking and imagining.

I discovered very early that it wasn't quite enough for me to imitate people.

In my 20s and early 30s, I was very much a man lost at sea, with very little direction in life, and painfully immature.

Love stories seek to demonstrate the great truth of love: that we discover eternity in a moment that dies immediately after.

I wasn't very good at it, but I knew that I loved acting immediately.

I think 'Dark Blue' came to me while I was doing a project in London. I read it, and the character immediately popped out at me.

It's hard for us to really understand the immensity so far of the conquest of space.

I think I skipped a lot of music, like when I was 17 or 18. I didn't know about a lot of new bands because I was so immersed in older music.

In Toulouse, you immersed yourself in the culture of the place.

If we think of the immune system as a machine, then we are far from even knowing all of its parts.

I have to try different things to see what works best. Other people get impatient with that.

I never try to show an actor what to do or what to say. He has to find out for himself. The role of the director is to guide him to that state, and then to implement it.

Scientists tend to be unappreciated in the world at large, but you can hardly overstate the importance of the work they do.

I spent time living in Ethiopia, learning about the cultural importance of coffee and its roots in Ethiopia.

Public sharing is an important part of science.

I don't think you can approach any piece of art with boundaries or rules. I think respect is a very important thing, but I also think what we discover along the way is really important.

The art of doing science is doing the important things first.

When I was in Cambridge reading mathematics, I went to Amsterdam for the International Mathematics Congress. There I saw M.C. Escher's fascinating work. That inspired me to try my hand at drawing such impossibilities.

Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible.

Accidents, try to change them - it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.

The Internet never ceases to impress me.

I remember seeing the Colosseum for the first time when I was a young boy. It left a lasting impression on me.

I was under the false impression that I could sing in high school, so I did a lot of musical stuff. I can't sing or dance, so that was entertaining for everyone.