Exploration of space is worth it because humans need to explore. Knowledge is always good, and it's a really cool thing to… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
We are living through a remarkably privileged era, when certain deep truths about the cosmos are still within reach of the human… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
“We were not pioneers ourselves, but we journeyed over old trails that were new to us, and with hearts open. Who shall… — J. Monroe Thorington Copy Share Image
Space travel benefits us here on Earth. And we ain't stopped yet. There's more exploration to come. — Nichelle Nichols Copy Share Image
What lies in future is always mystery. Don't be afraid to explore what is in present. Take the situation in stride and… — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
Human beings must acquire knowledge through their own experiences, rather than blindly believing or following others. — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
I learned about the benefits and the vast limitations of such types of exploration, as did all my generation. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don't have a space… — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
“A woman must prefer her liberty over a man. To be happy, she must. A man to be happy, however, must yearn… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
So far as inland discovery was concerned, the adventurous spirit of the English was that of sailors who land but for a… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The configuration of the ocean-floor is of great interest to seismologists studying the movements of the Earth's crust. Oceanographers are also able… — Paul J. H. Schoemaker Copy Share Image
NASA is an engine of innovation and inspiration as well as the world's premier space exploration agency, and we are well served… — Bill Nye Copy Share Image
I believe that, by taking an extreme approach, you really get the public to actively engage with a cause or a research… — Nelly Ben Hayoun Copy Share Image
When ... we realize the possibilities of deep sea life still unknown to us, every haul of the dredge should be welcomed… — William Beebe Copy Share Image
“All cultures teem with creativity, on display both via inconceivable monuments and in the flawless blend of two spices. I want to… — Tsh Oxenreider Copy Share Image
William Stillman continues his fascinating exploration of the myriad connections between autism and human personality. The Soul of Autism makes a strong… — Dean Hamer Copy Share Image
“Planetary exploration satisfies our inclination for great enterprises and wanderings and quests that has been with us since our days as hunters… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The physical domain of the country had its counterpart in me. The trails I made led outward into the hills and swamps,… — John Haines Copy Share Image
No society has ever yet been able to handle the temptations of technology to mastery, to waste, to exuberance, to exploration and… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Through our science we have created magnificent spacecrafts and telescopes to explore the night and the light and the half light. We… — Chet Raymo Copy Share Image
“A story is not like a road to follow … it's more like a house. You go inside and stay there for… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
First, my frame of reference for the Britten opera shifted. I'd always thought of Britten's approach in Death in Venice as another… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
Aside from its importance to many branches of science, a knowledge of the oceans has a practical value for mankind. The intelligent… — Paul J. H. Schoemaker Copy Share Image
Our ignorance of the cosmos is too vast to commit to atheism, and yet we know too much to commit to a… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
Play stimulates the parts of the brain involved in both careful, logical reasoning and carefree, unbound exploration. — Greg McKeown Copy Share Image
In the mind of the public, the word 'planet' carries a significance lacking in other words used to describe planetary bodies... many… — Alan Stern Copy Share Image
For it goes without saying that this great recognition at this time will aid tremendously our efforts to find the necessarily large… — Ernest Lawrence Copy Share Image
Arts and the Sciences are a natural symbiosis. They stem from the same human existential impulse - exploration. Exploration of what lies… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
I feel like every five to seven years I really need to put myself in this position of discomfort and exploration, just… — Karen O Copy Share Image
“How many extraordinary phenomena like this, so foreign to human comprehension, might lie concealed in space? Do we need to travel everywhere… — Stanislaw Lem Copy Share Image
My life and the life of my family has to do with exploration, with adventure. My grandfather was the first man in… — Bertrand Piccard Copy Share Image
A great number of soundings, mainly along the continental slope of the New England States were also taken by the vessels of… — Alexander Agassiz Copy Share Image
... the United States was not built by those who waited and rested and wished to look behind them. This country was… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
For decades, people have known the chemical-propulsion approach to space travel is really not going to get us that far. Chemical propulsion… — Franklin Chang Diaz Copy Share Image
When I was about 9 years old, I became very interested in the human body and diseases. In general, I was just… — Eva Vertes Copy Share Image
I’ve had many, you know, happy ending sleepovers’in my early youth — my period of exploration. I think that’s essential. Anyone who… — Ezra Miller Copy Share Image
Movies are explorations; they take you on a path, and I think it's always better if it's a path that you don't… — Olivier Assayas Copy Share Image
“Perhaps we should be happier in our cities were we to respond to them as to nature or dreams: as objects of… — Elizabeth Wilson Copy Share Image
The history of exploration has never been driven by exploration. But Columbus himself was a discoverer. So was Magellan. But the people… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The unfolding of the unexpected becomes the energy that drives you. You discover how thirsty you are for exploration without analysis. You… — Michele Cassou Copy Share Image
