Quotes About Exploration

The car is my father's magic carpet. Not only does it get him places, but it shows him places.

His cars were his magic carpets.

A singular cartographic combatant led the charge—Bai Meichu, one of China's most influential and respected geographers.

In 1933, Standard Oil of California—Socal, now Chevron—won the right to explore for oil in Saudi Arabia. On March 4, 1938, a telegram was dispatched from Saudi Arabia to the San Francisco headquarters of Socal. It reported that in a test in the eastern province on a well called Damman #7, at a depth of 4,694 feet, oil had flowed at the rate of 1,585 barrels per day.

The Marcellus shale would turn out to be the second-largest gas province in the world—and possibly the largest.

EOG ended up focused on the Eagle Ford Shale, which underlies South Texas.

By the time they were done, EOG's land men had acquired half a million acres at $400 an acre. EOG thought it had acquired almost a billion barrels of oil.

Let me share this whole new world with you.

Children just need the time, the space, and the permission to be kids.

Rather than jumping straight into the answers, let's try to start students off with the sort of questions that encourage them to do their own seeking.

You get educated by traveling.

I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything.

One who fears failure limits his activities.

Make new mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody's ever made before.

I miss my family, and I like being a tourist when I go back.

Have no fear of moving into the unknown.

The 'Friday sessions' refer to something that you're not paid for and not supposed to do during your professional life. Curiosity-driven research. Something random, simple, maybe a bit weird – even ridiculous. Without it, there are no discoveries.

Research; the quest for in-depth knowledge and wisdom.

Learning something new is fun.

I have always been intrigued by other cultures, and traveling to foreign lands has always been a part of my personal passion for learning about our world.

Do you want to feel young again? Learn something new. Being a student makes your mind fresh and curious like a little kid again.

No matter what, you've got to always follow your passion in life and always keep learning.

I learn best by jumping into the unknown.

You must learn to make the whole world your school.