Curiosity Quotes · Page 40

Show me a character whose life arouses my curiosity, and my flesh begins crawling with suspense.

— Fawn M. Brodie

“Honor your desire for a new life. Say yes to the small inklings of interest and curiosity that present themselves each day.”

— Lynn A. Robinson

“Being curious in Russia has proven fatal; being curious in China can land you in prison. But”

— Brian Grazer

In the enfranchised mind of the scientific naturalist, the usual feelings of repugnance simply do not exist. Curiosity conquers prejudice.

— W.N.P. Barbellion

What you need to be a good photographer is an overwhelming curiosity and a good digestion.

— Eve Arnold

“Couldn't inquisitiveness be called just real affection with a kind of squint in its eye?”

— Maria Thompson Daviess

To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of oneself is ridiculous.

— Plato

I really moved through my career based on curiosity about something. I never looked at a title and said, 'I want that.'

— Anne Sweeney

A general curiosity about the unknown sparked by the multicultural milieu in which I spent my formative years. There was a lot…

— Herodotus

“Behind everyday reality, there is a deeper reality so cruel that it condemns to death those who crime is no greater than…

— Chris Bell

“When curiosity is an end in itself—a perspective, a viewpoint, a way of life—then it fuels an easy, egoless, playful relationship between…

— Vironika Tugaleva

All children are born with stars in their eyes, and they are curious. It is important for teachers to be careful not…

— May-Britt Moser

I have insane curiosity as to what happened in all these events. I will never know. I'm not a researcher. I don't…

— James Ellroy

“[77] Pride. Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it; in other…

— Blaise Pascal

What makes us want to know the worst? Is it that we tire of preferring to know the best? Does curiosity always…

— Julian Barnes

Minute and elaborately finished pictures never strongly impress the mind, and are but mere curiosities to gratify persons insensible to higher excellencies.

— Samuel Prout

It is among the commonplaces of education that we often first cut off the living root and then try to replace its…

— Alice Duer Miller

Curiosity in children ... is but an appetite after knowledge and therefore ought to be encouraged in them, not only as a…

— John Locke

Without wishing to damp the ardor of curiosity or influence the freedom of inquiry, I will hazard a prediction that, after the…

— John Adams

I think we are living in an era of being hyper-concerned about, Is it us? Because we have this historical awareness. People…

— Lucy Corin

In teaching, you must simply work your pupil into such a state of interest in what you are going to teach him…

— William James

“I told her, "Bring your scriptures, Preach My Gospel, and every question you have. Questions are good. Let's see what the Lord…

— Sheri Dew

A human hires a hit man to kill his cousin for money, boring. That same hit man botches the job twice, funny.…

— Jeaniene Frost

It's a tender and complicated dance, watching our parents age. We become protective in ways we never were before, and we study…

— Patti Davis

Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.

— Neil Armstrong

Curiosity, rationalization, and laziness are no match against courage, self-control, and mental toughness.

— John Bytheway

Is it any wonder I'm null and void, is it any wonder I've got too much time on my hands.

— Styx

“Don’t confuse your desperate need to know everything with a regular human’s mere curiosity.”

— Eliza Crewe

In matters of science, curiosity gratified begets not indolence, but new desires.

— James Hutton

I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important…

— Martha Stewart

She had an immense curiosity about life, and was constantly staring and wondering.

— Henry James

It's very important to be curious in a very universal way. Whether someone is poor or rich, I'm curious about everything.

— David Tang

Curiosity, easily frightened, takes refuge in puzzles, murder mysteries, and spectator sports.

— Mason Cooley

“I'm starting to think that my level of intrigue outweighs my fear of controversy.”

— Criss Jami

“even reluctant curiosity would give way to habit, and habit to dependency.”

— Edwin G. Burrows

Kids are born curious about the world. What adults primarily do in the presence of kids is unwittingly thwart the curiosity of…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

What I believe is that all clear-minded people should remain two things throughout their lifetimes: Curious and teachable.

— Roger Ebert

Curiosity is the process of asking questions, genuine questions, that are not leading to an ask for something in return.

— Brian Grazer

If you talk about STEM education, the best way to introduce anyone to STEM or get their curiosity going on, it's Minecraft.

— Satya Nadella

Wonder is the foundation of all philosophy, inquiry the progress, ignorance the end.

— Michel de Montaigne