Quotes About Curiosity

Are we alone? Many, many people on planet Earth want to know. We are on the cusp of being able to answer that question... because of the investments we're making in space technology.

To say that what a planet is doesn't matter would be to imply that a planetary scientist couldn't explain to someone what the field is about.

Science fiction, to me, has not only things that wouldn't happen, but other planets.

So I saw many planets, and they looked just a little bit brighter than they do from Earth.

There's planets, life in the universe. You don't talk about that in high school - or maybe I skipped class that day.

I like the planets because they are real places that you can go to and send machines to. Faraway astronomy - galactic astronomy and extra-galactic astronomy - is really cool stuff, but to me, it's about destinations.

I'd like to jump a couple hundred years into the future and work with the scientists who are getting back the first information from our probes to planets orbiting nearby stars.

There's something cool about being involved in new missions to other planets.

My biggest love is still planets and stars. If I hadn't become an artist, I'd be an astronomer because I still love it so much.

For me, I don't have a grand vision planned or an end goal. I'm just exploring what's given to me at any given moment.

I always say, 'If you're planning on seeing our movie, don't look at any more of the materials.'

The future is open, and I never make plans. As long as it's interesting to me, I try to live my life to the fullest.

I was the kind of kid who liked omnivorously almost all kinds of science - rock collections, fossils - and I like leaves, I like plants, and I like biology.

Give the children an opportunity to make garden. Let them grow what they will. It matters less that they grow good plants than that they try for themselves.

I think plants present an opportunity for people to look closely at something and get invested in something that's truly very much outside of themselves.

I feel like music is just a platform and foundation just to be able to explore and see what's outside of it.

Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.

Anything that is impractical can be play. It's doing something other than what is necessary to continue living as an animal.

One of my favorite expressions ever uttered by a player is Roy Campanella's line about how, in order to be a major-league player, you have to have a lot of little boy in you.

It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.

I'm so into playing different characters, even when I was on Nickelodeon. I just observe.

Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays.

I love television, and my love for it has made me curious about writing it. It feels like television's moving toward something more novelistic, and that's what I started wanting to do. But I can't say that I'm dying to get notes from a studio. The artistic control that you get as a playwright is worth its weight in gold.

I seem to belong to a boom moment of playwrights, and I'm always curious about how we all got here and what comes next.