Arthur Leonard Schawlow Quotes

There is nothing so captivating as new knowledge.

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

I've got research, I have my own life experience I can apply, and I have my imagination.

You're unlikely to discover something new without a lot of practice on old stuff, but further, you should get a heck of a lot of fun out of working out funny relations and interesting things.

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

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

Science isn't just for guys in lab coats, you know? It's for anybody who wants to do a good job of understanding and investigating the world.

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

Religion asks you to believe things without questioning, and technology and science always encourage you to ask hard questions and why it is important in science and technology. So I was always interested in science and technology.

I'm big on research. I love research, so I tend to do a lot of reading.

All my knowledge comes from research.

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

That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer.

I think people enjoy finding out something genuinely new.

The true worth of an experimenter consists in his pursuing not only what he seeks in his experiment, but also what he did not seek.

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

If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.

Research is creating new knowledge.

I am a writer and editor with a passion for true storytelling. To me, science matters, research matters and knowledge matters, whatever the field.

The basis of anything is education, so that people not only become qualified, but essentially become able to create new knowledge

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

For one person who is blessed with the power of invention, many will always be found who have the capacity of applying principles.

… after some hundreds of years of experience we think that we have learned … how to teach what is known. But now with the undeniable upsurge of scientific research, we cannot continue to rely on the mere fact that we have learned how to teach what is known. We must learn to teach the best attitude to what is not yet known.

I'm a research queen.

Education is the basis of creative thought: the ability to go beyond asking why to why not.