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I think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke my early interest in science.

The process of discovery in my field is very incremental. But there are moments when you realize you know something about the world nobody else knows. That's extraordinarily exhilarating.

I do not know why I have always been fascinated by science or why I have been driven by the intense desire to make some original contribution. And although I have had some degree of success as a scientist, it is hard to say precisely why.

Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting.

We are driven by the usual insatiable curiosity of the scientist, and our work is a delightful game.

Exploring is an innate part of being human. We're all explorers when we're born. Unfortunately, it seems to get drummed out of many of us as we get older, but it's there, I think, in all of us. And for me that moment of discovery is just so thrilling, on any level, that I think anybody that's experienced it is pretty quickly addicted to it.

Human curiosity, the urge to know, is a powerful force and is perhaps the best secret weapon of all in the struggle to unravel the workings of the natural world.

An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment.

I think that we scientists are seeking an understanding of the natural world. We come in various types - chemists and physicists and biologists and such - and we all have the same goal. We are making progress.

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