Discovery Quote by Mark Twain

An answer, once found, is dull; and the only remaining interest lies in a further effort to render equally dull what is still obscure…

— Nelson Goodman

If there were no mystery left to explore life would get rather dull, wouldn't it?

— Sidney Buchman

What is known for certain is dull.

— Max Perutz

I wonder if there is anything to discover.

— Hal Hartley

We must find out for ourselves, otherwise it wouldn't be discovery.

— Florida Scott-Maxwell

At the simplest level, only people who know they do not know everything will be curious enough to find things out.

— Virginia Postrel

Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known?

— Charles de Lint

In the years since, I've discovered there's a lot to be said for boredom.

— Stephen King

I look for mystery and try to decipher it while knowing it is an impossible task. I look for memory, where Mystery lies.

— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

Nothing is boring if you look at carefully.

— Freeman Dyson

The essence of boredom is to be found in the obsessive search for novelty.

— George Leonard