Rose McIver Quotes

All of my work is sort of fed by a question, a need to understand the world and why the world is what it is.

It gave a tremendous level of self-confidence, that through exploration and learning one could understand seemingly very complex things in one's environment.

Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and finding connections.

We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough people profoundly enough; that we need to know ourselves better; that we require knowledge, not just of self and others, but of the way things are.

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

I just consider myself a student, trying to learn more about it.

Conversion brings a drive to learn.

I think we should be passionately curious about what we do.

The marvelous thing about a good question is that it shapes our identity as much by the asking as it does by the answering.

I feel eager to learn as much as I can, not only about my craft but the world and the cosmos and how we got here and whether there's any purpose to our being here.

You always want to learn, you know.

Writing isn't necessarily about what one knows but what one wants to know.

Science and literature are both ways to ask questions about why we're here.

I am always looking forward to learn new things in my life.

Everything is educational.

Science isn't just for guys in lab coats, you know? It's for anybody who wants to do a good job of understanding and investigating the world.

Any educated person recognizes that curiosity and creativity aren't just important; they are among the essential human activities.

We get inspired and we learn new things.

When you realize there is something you don't understand, then you're generally on the right path to understanding all kinds of things.

I've been through a lot. I've thought a lot about life, and I've spent a lot of time studying history and science.

I'm insatiably curious about human nature.

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.

School gives you the freedom to explore different philosophies, religions, aspects of yourself, and subjects.

Education is the foundation for all we do in life, it shapes who we are and what we aspire to be. Creativity fuels innovation, and it's what all states should strive to instill in the next generations.

Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask 'how', while others of a more curious nature will ask 'why'. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.