Bruno Rossi Quotes

In other studies you go as far as other have gone before you, and there is nothing more to know; but in a scientific pursuit there is continual food for discovery and wonder.

To see the world for a moment as something rich and strange is the private reward of many a discovery.

For the scientists, they're kind of puzzled and pleased that somebody finds their work interesting. It makes it fun for me. I feel like I've sort of turned over a stone that hasn't been turned over.

Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.

What is the intersection between technology, art and science? Curiosity and wonder, because it drives us to explore, because we're surrounded by things we can't see.

Some people are fascinated by what they know, and some are fascinated by what they don't know. I'm just very interested in what's possible.

You can't be on the cusp of innovation and at the forefront of technology if you're wearing blinders. If you don't have an exploration program where you're exploring your world here on Earth, underwater, and in space, then you're wearing blinders and handicapping yourself.

Millions saw the apple fall but Newton was the one who asked 'why.'

I always love novels that open up a subject to me - like raising a window to a beautiful, mysterious world outside.

I think the scientific goals and the technical challenges were the two things that equally motivated me.

Pursue science because it is knowledge, because it broadens our horizons. There is so much more to be discovered.

Nothing new is on the earth right now. Technology, the things that we're discovering, it's been sitting here just waiting for someone to brush it off and go, 'Oh, let me read that. Let me see how I can use this information.' And it doesn't matter if it's from a tech perspective or a philosophical perspective.

The excitement lies in the exploration of the world around us.

Doubt, skepticism, innovation, and inquiry are the only means by which wonder, beauty, awe, and symmetry will be discovered.

Before there can be wonders, there must be wonder.

People inspire me. Curiosity inspires me. Mystery inspires me.

Science gives you an understanding of the physical world, and it increases the capacity for fascination.

Don't keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods. You will be certain to find something you have never seen before. Of course it will be a little thing, but do not ignore it. One discovery will lead to another, and before you know it, you will have something worth thinking about to occupy your mind, and really big discoveries are the result of thought.

The greatest discoveries all start with the question "Why?"

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.

To me, science fiction is about the sense of mystery, the sense of awe. Not 'shock and awe', just 'awe.'

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.

I support basic research, which can lead to discoveries that change our world, expand our horizons and save lives.