Mary Oliver Quotes

An interest in ideas is a sign of human life. People are fascinated by what the future is going to be - and the future is going to be an accumulation of ideas.

It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties.

The new frontier is here whether we seek it or not.

Speculation and the exploration of ideas beyond what we know with certainty are what lead to progress.

The unknown was my compass. The unknown was my encyclopedia. The unnamed was my science and progress.

Science is exploration. The fundamental nature of exploration is that we don't know what's there. We can guess and hope and aim to find out certain things, but we have to expect surprises.

I did not know what my future was going to hold.

I don't know what's on the other side.

New information makes new and fresh ideas possible.

The power to question is the basis of all human progress.

What is now proved was once only imagined.

When you walk out of your house in the morning, you don't know what you're going to see.

Investing in science education and curiosity-driven research is investing in the future.

Doubt is the father of invention.

The challenge of the unknown future is so much more exciting than the stories of the accomplished past.

In Holland, every Monday evening my creative team meets to discuss fresh new ideas. We try to look at what's happening in the world. Are there trends? Are there new developments we should be aware of? And regularly we heard that people are uncertain about the future. People are sick and tired of the rules and regulations.

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

I'm naturally curious, and I've always been driven by my curiosity. Curiosity gets people excited. Curiosity leads to new ideas, new jobs, new industries.

What you don't know intrigues you more than what you do know.

Google is fascinating, and the book isn't finished. I'm creating, living, building, and writing those chapters.

You cannot rely upon what you have been taught. All you have learned from history is old ways of making mistakes. There is nothing that history can tell you about what we must do tomorrow. Only what we must not do.

... things that people learn purely out of curiosity can have a revolutionary effect on human affairs.

If innovations were predictable, they wouldn't be discoveries.

We don't know what's around the corner.

Almost everything interesting hasn't been invented yet.