Exploration Quotes

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I think space exploration is very important. I think there is very intelligent life on Mars. I believe that Martians are spying on us from the bottom of the ocean.

- Annabella Sciorra

"I`m reminded of the scene in the movie (`Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with me`) with Sheryl Lee, whom I adore. It goes back to that scene about each character having their own world. It is almost like lava. At that moment in their lives both Laura and Harold had a lot going on, separately, but when it came together, it was supercharged. Nobody knows how many levels that scene plays on. By the end of it we were both shaking. Sheryl was really shivering. She had put herself through it. I was worn out, too. When it was over, I saw some movement out of the corner of my eye. David (Lynch) was dancing a jig. I thought, `Wow. That`s what it should be about.` He was celebrating the exploration. He acknowledged the moment. And that is very, very rare." - on playing Harold Smith in `Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with me`

- Lenny von Dohlen

My first book is really about heat. That book, for me, was an exploration of heat as ingredient. Why we don`t talk about heat as an ingredient, I don`t quite understand, because it is the common ingredient to all cooking processes.

- Alton Brown

We`re living in a tremendous era of exploration,

- Ben Bova

And as I reinvent myself and I`m constantly curious about everything, I can`t wait to see what`s around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration.

- Pam Grier

We are currently targeting exciting exploration benefits in the Orange Basin offshore South Africa and Namibia.

- Andrew Fisher

Carl played a leading role in every single one of NASA`s missions of exploration from the beginning of the space age until his death in December 1996.

- Ann Druyan

If I had a plot that was all set in advance, why would I want go through the agony of writing the novel? A novel is a kind of exploration and discovery, for me at any rate.

- Chaim Potok

War and space exploration are alternative uses of the assertive, exploratory energies that are so characteristic of human beings. They may also be mutually exclusive because if one occurs on a massive scale, the other probably will not.

- Frank White

I`m attracted to images that come from a personal exploration of a subject matter. When they have a personal stamp to them, then I think it becomes identifiable.

- Leonard Nimoy

That is the exploration that awaits you! Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence.

- Leonard Nimoy

Well, I think a part of you has to be scared, it keeps you alert; otherwise you become complacent. So absolutely, I`m purposefully going after things and doing things that I`m not sure if it`s going to come off or not. Certainly Full Frontal was one of those. That was pure experimentation, that`s the kind of film that you make going in where you know that a lot of people are not going to like it because it`s an exploration of the contract that exists between the film-maker and the audience and what happens when you violate that contract.

- Steven Soderbergh

We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

- T.S. Eliot

Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag behind. We can and we must move constantly forward.

- Valentina Tereshkova

I am very much against weapons in space. And I wish we could be spearheading that program to come to some kind of international agreement so that doesn`t happen. That is my only - fear - in further space exploration like always, we hope it doesn`t get abused.

- Scott Bakula

As filmmaker, I ask questions but don`t have answers. Moviemaking is a philosophical exploration. I invite the audience to come on the journey and discover what they think and feel.

- David Cronenberg

It`s a wonderful exploration of women.

- Judith Ivey

It was one of the most successful ocean exploration voyages in recent years,

- Barbara Moore

and I innocently hit an electric commercial streak, writing some songs and making some music that was just an exploration of a particular moment in my creative path but struck a chord in the country part of the culture at the time. Unfortunately for me, it sent me into a bit of self-consciousness where I sort of abandoned the patience and started thinking, `Oh, I`ve made money for these people, now I`ve got to make more money for them.` The funny thing about me is I was twisted enough that I didn`t think about the money I was making for myself. I come from a lack of privilege, post-Depression era people, and we would never presume that we possessed the worthiness to strike it rich on our own. So it sent me into trying to write hits, and it`s not my favorite time of my -- would you call it a legacy? -- my career. That`s the point where I got self-conscious, and self-consciousness is the enemy of good art. You`ve got to come from the innocent, subconsciously clear place.

- Rodney Crowell

We need to open it for more exploration. We need to become more independent.

- Kevin Bishop

Emergencies have always been necessary to progress. It was darkness which produced the lamp. It was fog that produced the compass. It was hunger that drove us to exploration. And it took a depression to teach us the real value of a job.

- Victor Hugo

I`ve often argued that oil and gas exploration is a state`s rights issue. It is abundantly clear that the State of Florida does not want drilling to negatively affect its beaches and shores.

- Jeff Miller

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

- E.L. Doctorow

Kirkwood is all about exploration.

- Tracy Miller

I don`t think the space station will ever do anything for exploration. Putting people up there for a year or more is the only way you will get anywhere near the exploration concept.

- Wally Schirra

KISS Psycho Circus is my current favorite. I`m not ashamed to say that I prefer the mindless fun of blasting hordes of creatures to exploration or adventure games.

- Mike Wilson

Geez, all that money we waste on space exploration; just think how many bombs that would buy!

- Alan McGlade

I believe we can do more in making the President`s vision for space exploration a reality by awarding cash prizes to encourage greater participation of the private sector in the national space program.

- Alan Norquist

We`d never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if it hadn`t been for space exploration and NASA.

- Alfred Russel Wallace

We have for too long put vast oil and natural gas reserves off limits to exploration and production, as The Washington Post editorial stated this week.

- Alice Besterman

I hope that China will continue with space exploration. It would be logical to have international co-operation. I hope that it will come about and that I can be involved in it.

- Allyn Lord

My primary work was to promote development of space, and I also introduced the Space Exploration Act in the beginning of my third term.

- Amir Abdulzahra

My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist, but travel as exploration. The second is reading literature on the subject. The third is reflection.

- Andrea Bagley

In winter, places look very different, and it gives a feeling of exploration. It rejuvenates you for the coming week.

- Anna Maria Friman

We expect total expenditure to increase to around $6 billion (in 2006). This will include around $4 billion spent on growth projects and $550 million on exploration.

- Anthony Bozzella

If I had to choose a part of my life that was as close to perfect as life gets, it would be Catfish Haven. It was a lot of exploration. I?d go fishing barefoot and run through pumpkin patches. The world closed in a little bit when we moved back to Elgin.

- April Borders

Shana is a decisive leader who will bring key policy and political skills to the front office of NASA. With strong relationships within the commercial, science, academic and policy arenas, she will play a key role in the next stage of the Vision for Space Exploration.

- April Locklear

We choose to do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard. And certainly, space exploration is not easy and there has been a human price that has been paid.

- Barry Badon

We wanted to test whether quizzes encouraged greater memory retention over review. We found that the groups had no statistical differences, meaning that quizzes were not a harmful activity. That`s an interesting finding for this pilot study. It suggests that the idea of giving quizzes regularly is worth further exploration and that quizzes might be better used as an effective teaching tool.

- Barry Chambers

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started... and know the place for the first time.

- T.S. Eliot

Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit.

- Frank Borman