Alan Stern Quotes

Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit.

I like to explore things.

What is research but a blind date with knowledge?

Going after the unknown is always fascinating, I think. It becomes part of your life, this desire to know.

I'm always looking, and I'm always asking questions.

I try to be led by my curiosity.

The real prize is finding something new out there.

Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.

I get curious about new things. My real strength is going into a field that has not been investigated before, and finding new approaches to it.

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

It's always good to find things that you haven't found before.

What drives me is exploration with a purpose, more the classic Royal Geographical Society genre.

I want to be in places I've never been before.

Exploration by real people inspires us.

Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere.

You can only maintain your interest if you're travelling more in ignorance than knowledge.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way.

Be like Curious George, start with a question and look under the yellow hat to find what's there.

'Research,' for me, is a big word that encompasses a lot of different activities, all of them based around curiosity. Research is traveling to places, or studying snowflakes with a magnifying glass, or excavating one's memories. Research is walking around Hamburg with a notebook.

Every single day, I'm curious about everything. Curiosity is finding answers to things.

Something about exploration has fascinated me from a young age.

I hope that we continue with exploration.

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.

When I don't know the answer to something, I write a book about it because it gives me a chance to explore it and go to some people who do have the answers.