B. F. Skinner Quotes

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

You always need to be curious and study.

When curiosity turns to serious matters, it's called research.

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

I love researching. That's one of my favorite parts about school.

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.

Write about what you want to know.

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

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

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

Wisdom is not acquired save as the result of investigation.

There are always things that you want to know more about.

'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.

If you're interested in something, do some more research and don't be afraid to ask questions. At the very worst you're going to know more than you did at the start of the day.

Take all the courses in your curriculum. Do the research. Ask questions. Find someone doing what you are interested in! Be curious!

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.

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

Basically, I'm a perpetual student. I start by finding a subject I really don't know very much, but that I'm curious about. I learn about it through books in a library, by doing interviews with people who know a lot about the subject, and by going out on my own and seeing for myself what's happening.

Knowing is NOT the most important thing. To be able to FIND OUT is more important than knowing.

Ignorance is the mother of research.

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 am an investigator by inclination. I feel a great thirst for knowledge.

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