Brian Cox Quotes

We have relatively little time and a whole lot of curiosity, so the most efficient way to get there is what we do, and that often happens to be some form of science.

I'm very interested in science.

Science is always inquiring.

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

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

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.

A good scientist is a person in whom the childhood quality of perennial curiosity lingers on. Once he gets an answer, he has other questions.

Scientists are explorers. Philosophers are tourists.

That's the beautiful thing about science - that it's all about things we don't understand, not just the things we do understand.

The true scientist never loses the faculty of amazement.

What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on.

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.

I was always interested in figuring things out. I'd do experiments, like combining things I found around the house to see what would happen if I put them together.

Science is curiosity, testing and experimenting.

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

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

I missed the basic curiosity of being in the lab.

We sort of think that science is about the known, but science is really about exploring the unknown.

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

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.

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.

Science is about questioning things.

Science is for anyone who wants to explore their world and understand things.

Why do you do science? In this particular case, we don't have a very good reason to be doing this except for the knowledge that it brings. This research is especially important to young people. We all want to know what's going on in the universe.

I see no difference between scientific exploration and human exploration.