Quotes About Exploration

Meanwhile the Cosmos is rich beyond measure: the total number of stars in the universe is greater than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the planet Earth.

Black holes are the last vestige of civilizations obsessed with tinkering.

Curiosity lies in a hidden corner of the scientific mind.

Real scientists do not take vacations. They take field trips...

I still find the moon more amazing than the fact men have walked on it.

He [Alexander von Humboldt] was to science what Shakespeare was to the drama.

Do not let anyone tell you that these people made work of play. They simply realized that the most fun lies in seeing and studying the unknown.

From a biology point of view, the purpose of humanity is to ensure his survival by expanding his domain into the stars.

I don't think there's anything man wasn't meant to know. There are just some stupid things that people shouldn't do.

Most science is only high falutin' nature studies.

Research is to see what everybody has seen and to think what nobody else has thought.

The World would be a safer place If someone had a plan Before exploring Outer Space To find the Inner Man.

Science is exploration. The fundamental nature of exploration is that we don't know what's there. We can guess and hope and aim to find out certain things, but we have to expect surprises.

Any attempt to list the ten best science fiction novels is doomed to failure.

People are fascinated by space flight. It makes them interested in science, gets them asking questions and motivates them.

From the dawn of history, science has probed the universe of unknowns, searching for the uniting laws of nature.

Science is you! It's your head, it's your dog, it's your iPhone - it's the world. How do you see that as boring? If it's boring, it's because you're learning it from a textbook.

Three things that always bring a smile to my face: making guacamole for my friends, getting pedicures with my mom, exploring an airport I've never been in.

He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.

I don't worry about being a woman alone out there. My advice to people is to smile a lot, talk to strangers, accept all invitations and eat everything you're offered.

It takes more courage to dig deep in the dark corners of your own soul and the back alleys of your society than it does for a soldier to fight on the battlefield.

"It's uh known fact, Pheoby, you got tuh go there tuh know there."

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

I like that every page in every book can have a gem on it. It's probably what I love most about writing--that words can be used in a way that's like a child playing in a sandpit, rearranging things, swapping them around. They're the best moments in a day of writing -- when an image appears that you didn't know would be there when you started work in the morning.