Quotes About Exploration

The world is not made up of particles and waves and beams of light with a definite existence. Instead, the world works in a much more exploratory way. It is aware of all the possibilities at once and trying them out all the time. That is a hard thing to picture.

We know about black holes and neutron stars, but we hope there are other phenomena we can see because of the gravitational waves they emit.

When we did 'Breaking the Waves,' he had a sign on the wall that said, 'Make mistakes.'

I like slightly obscure places, where the waves may not be world class, but you can tie some culture in with your surf trip.

When I recorded 'Waves' I was in England, and I was there for months.

The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.

One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.

Sometimes a person has to go a very long distance out of his way to come back a short distance correctly.

Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the drug store, but that's just peanuts to space.

Asking questions is the first way to begin change.

It's nice to know there's a big world with many perspectives. I tend to get so stuck in my own small world easily, and going out into the world reminds me that I'm not the center of the world - in a good way.

The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.

The way of the pioneer is always rough.

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.

I was actually lost in Beirut on the way home.

Like after a nice walk when you have seen many lovely sights you decide to go home, after a while I decided it was time to go home, let us put the cubes back in order. And it was at that moment that I came face to face with the Big Challenge: What is the way home?

I remember playing John Wayne Gacy, serial killer, very sick, neurotic, screwed-up guy. You know what? There's a part of me there, too, and you explore that.

'Wayne of Gotham' is very much a father-and-son exploration. We've always seen Thomas Wayne through the years as this figure carved in marble; this perfect man. The only thing we really know about is that he died in that alley outside of a theater. But every son has to confront the reality of his father at some point in his life.

I watched John Wayne movies, matinees - things like that. It was only in college that I saw European films. That became more of what I was interested in.

I was listening to Ministry and Garth Brooks and Charlie Pride and Wynton Marsalis, and then I would listen to Juvenile or Lil Wayne. It's just that I'm a big fan of music. I'm a student of music. And I just want to learn and keep enhancing my education about the music.

I'd been playing everything and decided that this was something I maybe wanted to make a career out of. I knew where some companies were, but I saw the name 'Bethesda, Maryland' on 'Wayne Gretzky Hockey 3.'

A good emcee will rhyme a lot of different ways. Don't limit yourself.

To be held back by fear is to miss out on challenging yourself in different ways.