Alice Roberts Quotes

I've always wanted to answer all the questions that nature posed for us.

We take art, and I love all that. But I also like science for some reason. I just like finding out why things happen.

Physicists are the Peter Pans of the human race. They never grow up, and they keep their curiosity.

Science is for anyone who wants to explore their world and understand things.

Except for children (who don't know enough not to ask the important questions), few of us spendtime wondering why nature is the way it is . . .

The World is full of wonders, but they become more Wonderful, not less Wonderful when Science looks at them.

Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.

Science is always inquiring.

What drove me and kept me going over the decades? If I had to use a single word, it would be 'curiosity.'

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on.

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

The basic drive behind real philosophy is curiosity about the world, not interest in the writings of philosophers.

I think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke my early interest in science.

Wonder is the desire for knowledge.

I'm constantly investigating nature - nature, meaning everything.

Science must have originated in the feeling that something was wrong.

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.

Philosophy begins in wonder.

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

The human capacity to be curious has always existed.

Humans are natural-born scientists. When we're born, we want to know why the stars shine. We want to know why the sun rises.

The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth.

What is the intersection between technology, art and science? Curiosity and wonder, because it drives us to explore, because we're surrounded by things we can't see.

Astonishment is the root of philosophy.