Neil Armstrong Quotes

What is research but a blind date with knowledge?

If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?

The thing I love about science is finding out something new and different.

I think people enjoy finding out something genuinely new.

If we would have new knowledge, we must get a whole world of new questions.

If I experiment enough, I get a deeper understanding.

I don't want pictures, I want to find things out.

It may be said "In research, if you know what you are doing, then you shouldn't be doing it." In a sense, if the answer turns out to be exactly what you expected, then you have learned nothing new, although you may have had your confidence increased somewhat.

A capacity, and taste, for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.

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

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

As I see it, whoever's doing the inventing is also doing most of the learning - and probably having most of the fun.

Science should be the most fun job on the planet. You get to ask questions about the world around you and go out and seek the answers. Not to have fun doing that is crazy.

I missed the basic curiosity of being in the lab.

A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems... It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the unsolved ones.

There is nothing so captivating as new knowledge.

Basic research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.

I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.

Science is to do research because of the target's fascinating and interesting characteristics.

A good scientist can understand the current state of a field, pick interesting questions where a success will actually lead to useful new knowledge, and push that field further through their work.

Great scientific contributions have been techniques.

I love to watch how scientists' minds work.

I love to be a scientist. I've always enjoyed being curious.

We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge.

All my knowledge comes from research.