Quotes About Curiosity

Science fiction could now be made far more convincing by science fact.

They had not yet attained the stupefying boredom of omnipotence; their experiments did not always succeed.

He did not wander aimlessly, though he never knew which village would be his next port of call. He was seeking no particular place, but a mood, an influence—indeed, a way of life.

A man who grows that much hair,' critics were fond of saying, 'must have a lot to hide.

La única posibilidad de descubrir los límites de lo posible es aventurarse un poco más allá de ellos, hacia lo imposible.

The Lassans were insatiably inquisitive, and the concept of privacy was almost unknown to them. A Please Do Not Disturb sign was often regarded as a personal challenge, which led to interesting complications...

He left the unspoken question hanging in the air. How did one annoy a two- kilometre-long black rectangular slab? And just what form would its disapproval take

They had not yet attained the stupefying boredom of absolute omnipotence;

It was idle to speculate, to build pyramids of surmise on a foundation of ignorance.

It was the mark of a barbarian to destroy something one could not understand; but

I said nothing about men adapting themselves to Mars. Have you ever considered the possibility of Mars meeting us half-way?

What had been a perceived threat, a lien in a sense on future human behavior, was quickly reduced to a historical curiosity.

I'm sure we would not have had men on the moon if it had not been for Wells and Verne and the people who write about this and made people think about it. I'm rather proud of the fact that I know several astronauts who became astronauts through reading my books

Is there intelligent life on Earth? Yours

As a matter of interest," he said

They could never guess that their minds were being probed, their bodies mapped, their reactions studied, their potentials evaluated.

It goes on forever and forever, and perhaps Something made it. But how you can believe that Something has a special interest in us and our miserable little world—that just beats me.

he filled to perfection the classic recipe for a small boy: "a noise surrounded by dirt.

He had no wish to face whatever lurked in the unknown darkness, just beyond the little circle of light cast by the lamp of Science.

for a well-stocked mind is safe from boredom.

It's not any kind of rock—it crumbles when I touch it—I feel as if I'm exploring a giant Gruyère cheese…

It was fascinating to watch that agile mind trying one opening after another, testing and rejecting all the theories that Stormgren himself had abandoned long ago.

Magic is just science we haven't figured out yet

Nevertheless, when you did not know what you were looking for, it was important to avoid all prejudices and preconceptions; something that at first sight seemed irrelevant, or even nonsensical, might turn out to be a vital clue.