Quotes About Exploration

All roads lead to Trantor, and that is where all stars end.

Education isn't something you can finish.

A great many things are possible." And to himself he added: But not practical.

Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition.

The colonization of space is the only possible salvation of Earth.

Space, man, have you no respect for science?

he wondered, did so many people spend their lives not trying to find answers to questions—not even thinking of questions to begin with? Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?

Consider the question suitably modified.

Feet, for tens of thousands of years, had clogged and shuffled in the mud – and held down the minds which, for an equal time, had been fit for the companionship of the stars.

Every man's position on Earth is restricted to the distance he can walk.' -- The Last Trump

Un nou-n?scut crede c? el reprezint? întregul univers, dar greÈ™eÈ™te - aÈ™a cum îÈ™i d? seama destul de repede. De aceea, el trebuie s? studieze lumea exterioar? lui - trebuie s? încerce s? înveÈ›e unde se afl? graniÈ›ele dintre persoana sa È™i restul lumii - pentru a putea înÈ›elege cine este È™i cum se cuvine s?-È™i duc? viaÈ›a.

You may uncover more and, eventually, what seems altogether a mystery to us now may unfold and become plain.

no matter how sure scientists think they are, nature has a way of surprising them.

And then—U. S. Robots has interstellar travel, and humanity has the opportunity for galactic empire.

superluminal velocities

What is beauty, or goodness, or art, or love, or God? We're forever teetering on the brink of the unknowable, and trying to understand what can't be understood. It's what makes us men.

We're forever teetering on the brink of the unknowable, and trying to understand what can't be understood. It's what makes us men.

Perché tante persone passavano la loro vita senza cercare la risposta a tutte le domande che c'erano... anzi, senza nemmeno porsi le domande? si chiese Seldon. Nella vita, esisteva qualcosa di più eccitante della ricerca delle risposte?

The Scientist - with capital letters and no smile.

To have good ideas, we need to consume good ideas too. Follow your curiosity.

what if there are a million intelligences in the Galaxy, but only one that is expansionist

Science fiction is important because it fights the natural notion that there's something permanent about things the way they are right now.

The words that have spurred the greatest scientific breakthroughs are probably not Eureka but gee, that's funny!

it may be worth listening to all that scraping, tootling, and banging, for whatever information it might conceivably yield concerning Earth.