John N. Bahcall quotes

Every time we get slapped down, we can say, Thank you Mother Nature, because it means we're about to learn something important. (John N. Bahcall)
We often frame our understanding of what the space telescope will do in terms of what we expect to find, and actually it would be terribly anticlimactic if in fact we find what we expect to find. ... The most important discoveries will provide answers to questions that we do not yet know how to ask and will concern objects we have not yet imagined. View quote
John N. Bahcall