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Quotes About Exploration

By doubting we are led to question, by questioning we arrive at the truth.
~ Peter Abelard
You only find what you are looking for, really, if the truth be known.
~ Mary Leakey
We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond.
~ Marcel Proust
One thing that being a scientist has taught me is that you can never be certain about anything. You never know the truth. You can only approach it and hope to get a bit nearer to it each time. You iterate towards the truth. You don't know it.
~ James Lovelock
You will find truth more quickly through delight than gravity. Let out a little more string on your kite.
~ Alan Cohen
In truth, the only restrictions on our capacity to astonish ourselves and each other are imposed by our own minds.
~ David Blaine
The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
For most of us, the thought of traveling to another galaxy probably seems like science fiction. But the truth is, the foundation for humankind's journey beyond Earth's solar system is being laid right now aboard our very own International Space Station.
~ Victor J. Glover
I want to spend the night alone in a haunted mansion. I wouldn't say I'm sceptical because that word implies the truth is out there when there is no truth out there.
~ Aidan Turner
The truth is, I've got a naturally outgoing nature, and I still have a great love for experimentation.
~ Asha Bhosle
I always think I know the way a novel will go. I write maps on oversized art pads like the kind I carried around in college when I was earnest about drawing. I need to have some idea of the shape of the novel, where its headed, so that I can proceed with confidence. But the truth is my characters start doing and saying things I don't expect.
~ Julianna Baggott
I hate vacations. I hate them. I have no fun on them. I get nothing done. People sit and relax, but I don't want to relax. I want to see something.
~ Paul Theroux
Don't be dependent on anyone else. I want to go everywhere, look at, and listen to everything. You can go crazy with some of the wonderful stuff there is in life.
~ Shel Silverstein
Biographers, by their very nature, want to know everything about everybody, dead or alive.
~ Catherine Drinker Bowen
I'm meeting a lot of musicians and people in the music business, and am constantly trying to figure out what I want to do with music. We'll see. I want to do everything.
~ Tyler Posey
When I do something, it is all about self-discovery. I want to learn and discover my own limits.
~ Larry Ellison
Oh, Spring! I want to go out and feel you and get inspiration. My old things seem dead. I want fresh contacts, more vital searching.
~ Emily Carr
This is a Solo Flight, but I want aviation enthusiasts and adventurers everywhere to join me in the endeavour.
~ Steve Fossett
It takes the best part of a lifetime to find out what you don't want.
~ Isabel Paterson
Rivalry is one of the factors pushing me. While my back was turned, the Norwegians managed to achieve the first Arctic crossing in winter. I didn't want the same to happen in the Antarctic.
~ Ranulph Fiennes
Variety is the spice of life. We all want surprises.
~ Tony Robbins
Normally my problem is that I'm too inquisitive and want to do everything.
~ Kylie Minogue
It [space] was just so incredibly adventurous and exciting to me. I just thought there was no doubt in my mind that is what I want to do when I grow up.
~ Rick Husband
Children will learn to do what they want to learn to do.
~ Sugata Mitra