the thing I would wish for anybody I loved would be the possibility of never coming to the end of discovery. I… — Joyce Grenfell Copy Share Image
In our time, what is at issue is the very nature of man, the image we have of his limits and possibilities… — C. Wright Mills Copy Share Image
What makes us want to know the worst? Is it that we tire of preferring to know the best? Does curiosity always… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
“[77] Pride. Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it; in other… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Minute and elaborately finished pictures never strongly impress the mind, and are but mere curiosities to gratify persons insensible to higher excellencies. — Samuel Prout Copy Share Image
I've come to the conclusion that the core characteristic that separates companies that get innovation from those that don't is a simple… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
For me, intrigue is a pretty powerful emotion. If you want to know more about a character, if you want to understand… — A Fine Frenzy Copy Share Image
A general curiosity about the unknown sparked by the multicultural milieu in which I spent my formative years. There was a lot… — Herodotus Copy Share Image
I dived for it, caught it three inches above the cement, and found myself face-to-face with the salamander. Ruby-red eyes regarded me… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
One starts gambling for a joke, out of curiosity, as a little challenge to fortune. One goes on, pricked to the quick… — Matilde Serao Copy Share Image
Each of us is born with two contradictory sets of instructions: a conservative tendency, made up of instincts for self-preservation, self-aggrandizement, and… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
Eventually man, too, found his way back to the sea. Standing on its shores, he must have looked out upon it with… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
Squatting on old bones and excrement and rusty iron, in a white blaze of heat, a panorama of naked idiots stretches to… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
The process of schooling does not give birth to human beings - as education should but never will so long as it… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become colorless.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
My curiosity was in no way cruel. Deviations from the commonplace attracted me strongly, as they still do; and to me the… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
“Behind everyday reality, there is a deeper reality so cruel that it condemns to death those who crime is no greater than… — Chris Bell Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Aimless extension of knowledge, however, which is what I think you really mean by the term curiosity, is merely inefficiency. I am… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“possible, for the only reason, indeed, that excuses one for asking any question--simple curiosity. I have a theory that it is always… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Kids and adults alike are having their curiosity drained away by boredom in class or the workplace, and by the unremitting background… — Sal Khan Copy Share Image
The name alone usually attracts about 50 or so curiosity seekers to the show. We know if we're playing the Policeman's Ball… — Hank Williams III Copy Share Image
Fundamentalist is a person who considers whether a fact is acceptable to their faith before they explore it. As opposed to a… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“Bringing her eyes down again, Catherine found herself gawking at Jake’s perfectly formed, muscular chest and stomach. She felt her cheeks flush… — Diane Merrill Wigginton Copy Share Image
“Art doesn’t give rise to anything in us that isn’t already there. It simply stirs our curious consciousness and sparks a fire… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
Travel has no longer any charm for me. I have seen all the foreign countries I want to except heaven & hell… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
So blind is the curiosity by which mortals are possessed, that they often conduct their minds along unexplored routes, having no reason… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
“Wonder is a state of mind somewhere between knowledge and uncertainty. It is the basis of my practice and results in images… — Caleb Charland Copy Share Image
Success is based on learning and incredible curiosity. Be curious and grateful about all your life regardless of your views of any… — Kemmy Nola Copy Share Image
I want to have enough data, so I won't write myself into thin air, so that I can extrapolate and give you… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
I've always been a student of different ways of looking at the world, different religions. That's been part of my survival mechanism,… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
“And what cats have to tell on each return from hell is this: that dying is what the living do, that dying… — Alastair Reed Copy Share Image
The great affair, the love affair with life, is to live as variously as possible, to groom one's curiosity like a high-spirited… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
“But I wish to be enlightened.' 'Let me caution you against it.' 'Is enlightenment on the subject, then, so terrible?' 'Yes, indeed.'… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
I've always been an engineer devoted to the potential of advanced technologies. Like most engineers, I have a keen sense of curiosity… — Min Kao Copy Share Image
“I should've just been happy I was getting my dick sucked. But sometimes curiosity outweighs our better senses. Well, my curiosity almost… — Tobias Wade Copy Share Image
“Living a life of curiosity is not about ignoring risk and anxiety. It’s about being willing to do what one values, even… — Todd Kashdan Copy Share Image
I'm an actor, and part of my joy and my curiosity about the job that I do, is that actors have the… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image