John M. Grunsfeld Quotes

I'm very interested in science.

To use Newton's words, our efforts up till this moment have but turned over a pebble or shell here and there on the beach, with only a forlorn hope that under one of them was the gem we were seeking. Now we have the sieve, the minds, the hands, the time, and, particularly, the dedication to find those gems-no matter in which favorite hiding place the children of distant worlds have placed them.

A man of science doesn't discover in order to know, he wants to know in order to discover.

New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure.

Science is a wonderful discipline, to which we are deeply indebted.

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.

We live in an age of universal investigation, and of exploration of the sources of all movements.

Whenever I think of how much pleasure I have interviewing scientists, I remember that they're having the real fun in actually being able to do the science.

I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.

Science is about exploring, and the only way to uncover the secrets of the universe is to go and look.

Without science, there would be no such hope.

The first steps in the path of discovery, and the first approximate measures, are those which add most to the existing knowledge of mankind.

Scientists are explorers. Philosophers are tourists.

I am a great believer in research and innovation.

That's the beautiful thing about science - that it's all about things we don't understand, not just the things we do understand.

The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science.

I think people love fundamental science.

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

Curiosity - the rover and the concept - is what science is all about: the quest to reveal the unknown.

All writers are going to have to learn more about science, because it's such an interesting part of their environment.

One can not impede scientific progress.

That's the nice thing about doing research. Whatever you do is novel, so you always have this sense of novelty, even if you are only using a new gadget.

I read science, because to me, that's extremely exciting. It's like a great detective story, and it's happening right in front of us.

Science to me is sufficiently weird and interesting, and stranger than fiction.

Research is creating new knowledge.