Mary Roach Quotes

The most important thing we can do is inspire young minds and to advance the kind of science, math and technology education that will help youngsters take us to the next phase of space travel.

People are fascinated by space flight. It makes them interested in science, gets them asking questions and motivates them.

In science, every question answered leads to 10 more. I love that science can never, ever be finished. From a young age, people think, 'Science is hard and boring.' We don't tell children, 'Yes, you have to learn these formulae and theorems, but then you go on to learn about nuclear reactions and stars.'

I think the driving thing was curiosity about the universe. That fascinated me. I didn't think anything about being famous or anything like that, I was just interested in the concepts involved.

There's nothing I believe in more strongly than getting young people interested in science and engineering, for a better tomorrow, for all humankind.

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

Investing in science education and curiosity-driven research is investing in the future.

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.

I'm enormously proud of the fact that Star Trek has really not just sparked an interest, but encouraged, a few generations of people to go into the sciences.

Our security and independence require that more young people devote themselves to science and research.

We are not particularly interested in the prestige of space, but in the scientific aspects of it.

Our single greatest defense against scientific ignorance is education, and early in the life of every scientist, the child's first interest was sparked by a teacher.

… to develop a plan to promote better science education

Millions saw the apple fall but Newton was the one who asked 'why.'

I think the scientific goals and the technical challenges were the two things that equally motivated me.

I've always been fascinated with science and exploring our world, from microbes to the solar system.

Science is the tool of the Western mind and with it more doors can be opened than with bare hands.

I think a scientist's job is to explore the Universe, to explore the cosmos around us. People always want to know - why is that useful? Well, on just pure fundamental grounds, on some level it's like art, it's like umm, music, it's aesthetics, it's like philosophy. You want to know where you are in the Universe.

All the traditional STEM fields, the science, technology, engineering, and math fields, are stoked when you dream big in an agency such as NASA.

I was terrible at maths, but I could grasp science, and I used to love to read about the lives of the scientists. I wanted to be a scientist or an inventor.

If I can get some student interested in science, if I can show members of the general public what's going on up there in the space program, then my job's been done.

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

We talk about the Internet. That comes from science. Weather forecasting. That comes from science. The main idea in all of biology is evolution. To not teach it to our young people is wrong.

So often, science fiction helps to get young people interested in science. That's why I don't mind talking about science fiction. It has a real role to play: to seize the imagination.

Science should be the most fun job on the planet. You get to ask questions about the world around you and go out and seek the answers. Not to have fun doing that is crazy.