Layla Moran Quotes

You can only go into science because you're interested in it.

I wasn't driven into medicine by a social conscience but by rampant curiosity.

You should only go into science if you really have a yearning to make scientific discoveries.

You should enter science because you are fascinated by it. That's what I did.

I happen to love science... Scientists are all slightly mad. There is truth in the stereotype of the mad scientist. They are mad with curiosity.

I didn't do anything differently than what my father was doing. It's a really hard family to rebel in. I could have become an accountant. Or I could have become a Republican.

Why do we do basic research? To learn about ourselves.

I missed the basic curiosity of being in the lab.

There are no enemies in science, professor. Only phenomena to study.

I find the attempt to find things out, which scientists are possessed by, to be as human as breathing, or feeding, or sex. And so the science has to be in the novels as science and not just as metaphors.

Science moves with the spirit of an adventure characterized both by youthful arrogance and by the belief that the truth, once found, would be simple as well as pretty.

Basic research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.

Sit down before fact with an open mind. Be prepared to give up every preconceived notion. Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads or you learn nothing.

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

Sometimes people invent things because they want to stay alive or feed their children or conquer the village next door. But just as often, new ideas come into the world simply because they're fun. And here's the really strange thing: many of those playful but seemingly frivolous inventions ended up sparking momentous transformations in science, in politics and society.

My father encouraged me to work in the library, just because it was the world that he knew. But I also wanted to do it. I also wanted to work in the library and be part of the library somehow, because it represented a world that really wasn't represented in my home, and I wanted it to be.

You either become like your parents or you become the opposite of your parents. And I like to think that I'm the opposite of my parents.

I love learning about the science that governs the universe around us and want to share the delight of discovering how things work and why.

I took up acting upon the insistence of my filmmaker father, Kasthuri Raja. But I am glad for it: sometimes one identifies one's calling; sometimes it singles one out.

For me, acting is something I am passionate about. I am someone who wants to be known for who I am. If I wanted to just make money, I would've chosen some other profession.

You know, both my parents aren't really from this country, and the emphasis was really on education and studying, and TV seemed like it was not the best use of my time for my parents. So ironically, of course, I rebelled completely and now it's how I make a living.

Since early childhood, I've been trying to learn all I can. Science is everything; it's not just physics. It's the way of understanding your environment, the world around you.

I always say to my students that being a scientist is like being an explorer, and I really mean that because, in a sense, I think in science we explore the world, the universe around us.

I can be sweet-looking innocent girl, but I may have a sensual side to me, which I would love to explore.

Of course I have other interests, but on the other hand, science is a lifestyle in the sense that it's a combination of profession and hobby.