Randall Munroe Quotes

Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things without always knowing how they'll turn out.

The important thing is not to know where you are going, to be open to accidents. That's what keeps it fun.

It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray.

You can't stumble upon something new and wonderful if you don't have time to stumble.

I like to experiment, and my life has been eventful.

A good traveller is one who does not know where he is going to, and a perfect traveller does not know where he came from.

When I start any book, I have no idea what I'm going to do.

Life's supposed to be an adventure, a surprise!

I do like not knowing where I'm going, wandering in strange woods, whistling and following bread crumbs.

I am always living in the now, so I like what fate brings to you. That's always fun for me. To have a process and someone be like, 'How about this?' And you just grab onto that and see where it takes you.

I want to be surprised by life... I think that's more interesting.

We should stake our whole existence on our willingness to explore and experience.

If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on.

There are so many adventures that you miss because you're waiting to think of a plan. To find them, look for tiny interesting choices. And remember that you are always making up the future as you go.

Dig into life with wild roving abandon, opening your mind to the delicious possibilities that perplex the mind, entice the heart, and excite the spirit.

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

There are always things to examine. What's great is not feeling that I have to refuse any of them. Maybe no good from a PR perspective, but from the point of view of everyday life, it keeps things interesting.

When we are on tour we also take chances.

I've always loved life, and I've never known what's ahead. I love not knowing what might be round the corner. I love serendipity.

You travel with the hope that something unexpected will happen. It has to do with enjoying being lost and figuring it out and the satisfaction. I always get a little disappointed when I know too well where I'm going, or when I've lived in a place so long that there's no chance I could possibly get lost.

There's so much happenstance, so many accidents - stumbling into something and finding it interesting and living with it over time and building on it. It's okay to work from doubt. You need to be willing to not know.

I love the unknown. I love the discovery of what will be happening and just kind of sitting back and not knowing.

I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it.

When someone asks me to do something, something new, something I don't know about, and if I haven't done it, I'll say yes. Just so I can try something new. You never know what you might like.

Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.