Donald Johanson Quotes

The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.

I enjoy science, and I'm a very curious person. I always want to know the reason behind everything, big or small.

The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions.

I don't think you want to give all the answers, but I think every answer you do give should bring up another question, and not all questions should be answered.

I have always been much better at asking questions than knowing what the answers were.

The scientist should treasure the riddles he can't solve, not explain them away at the outset.

My job is not to give you all the answers. My job is to ask the questions.

If you're interested in something, do some more research and don't be afraid to ask questions. At the very worst you're going to know more than you did at the start of the day.

You always need to be curious and study.

It is frequently more rewarding merely to ask pertinent questions. It may get someone to go and look for an answer.

We're out there somewhere between the known and the unknown, trying to reel in both for a closer look.

There is no area of the world that should not be investigated by scientists. There will always remain some questions that have not been answered. In general, these are the questions that have not yet been posed.

Science is about applying what we know and asking what we don't know.

Uncertainty is a very good thing: it's the beginning of an investigation, and the investigation should never end.

We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge.

What is research but a blind date with knowledge?

My theory in anything you do is to keep exploring, keep digging deeper to find new stuff.

Doing a documentary is about discovering, being open, learning, and following curiosity.

If we would have new knowledge, we must get a whole world of new questions.

Science is curiosity, testing and experimenting.

I like to write about questions that interest me, not the conclusions I've come to.

I am really more interested in questions than in giving answers.

I'm always looking, and I'm always asking questions.

That's really what science is just trying to figure stuff out, and I like figuring stuff out.

Ask the right questions if you're to find the right answers.