Jacques Monod Quotes

Write about what you want to know.

There are always things that you want to know more about.

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. It is a seeking that he who wishes may know the cosmic secrets of the world and they that dwell therein.

Answers are closed rooms; and questions are open doors that invite us in.

The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.

It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.

Vast is the field of Science. The more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know.

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.

Wonder is the desire for knowledge.

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.

Doubt grows with knowledge.

The thing I love about science is finding out something new and different.

There is always a place I can take someone's curiosity and land where they end up enlightened when we're done. That's my challenge as an educator. No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don't ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.

Practice being curious; want to know things; ask questions.

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

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.

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

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

Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.

I love information. I can never get enough. I get bored easily.

When I don't understand things, I become passionate to understand.

I think we are starting to get some information that will allow us to get to the bottom of this, and I hope we continue to work on this until we get to the bottom of it.

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

Knowledge is more important than life. We've only one excuse for existing, to think, to find out, to learn.