Anne Lamott Quotes

And what I wanted to do was, I wanted to explore problems and areas where we didn't have answers. In fact, where we didn't even know the right questions to ask.

It is frequently more rewarding merely to ask pertinent questions. It may get someone to go and look for an answer.

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

The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions.

I am really more interested in questions than in giving answers.

Science is about exploring, and the only way to uncover the secrets of the universe is to go and look.

Let's just say I was testing the bounds of reality. I was curious to see what would happen. That's all it was curiosity.

We do not write what we know; we write what we want to find out.

Research means that you don't know, but are willing to find out.

Science is about applying what we know and asking what we don't know.

One of the greatest joys known to man is to take a flight into ignorance in search of knowledge.

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.

Uncertainty is a very good thing: it's the beginning of an investigation, and the investigation should never end.

Science is always inquiring.

I'm insatiably curious.

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

What is research but a blind date with knowledge?

My theory in anything you do is to keep exploring, keep digging deeper to find new stuff.

I don't think you want to give all the answers, but I think every answer you do give should bring up another question, and not all questions should be answered.

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.

Write about what you want to know.

Doing a documentary is about discovering, being open, learning, and following curiosity.

Science is curiosity, testing and experimenting.

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

The fundamental essence of science, which I think we've lost in our education system, is poking something with a stick and seeing what happens. Embrace that process of inquiry.