“To know too much is to lose the wonder of mystery. In answering every question we forget the value of not knowing.’… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
This sense of wonder is the mark of the philosopher. Philosophy indeed has no other origin. — Socrates Copy Share Image
“This is what Danny loves about her. She is so infinitely astounded by the world.” — Laura Brooke Robson Copy Share Image
Let's just say I was testing the bounds of reality. I was curious to see what would happen. That's all it was:… — Jim Morrison Copy Share Image
“Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. What people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity.” — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
The curiosity of the human mind is essential if you want citizens who think rather than accept the first nonsense they come… — Francois Englert Copy Share Image
And didn't they say that, although curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction brought the beast back? — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“If u r self-inspired to turn idle curiosity into an active quest, u r living at the fullest else ordianarism prevails.” — Sushobhan Copy Share Image
I regard it as the foremost task of education to insure the survival of these qualities: an enterprising curiosity, an undefeatable spirit,… — Kurt Hahn Copy Share Image
It wasn't because they had extraordinary powers, really, but because of how well they used the ordinary powers everyone had: the power… — Jeanne DuPrau Copy Share Image
As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind. Mankind will not… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
Every desire bears its death in its very gratification. Curiosity languishes under repeated stimulants, and novelties cease to excite and surprise, until… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
The best spiritual instruction is when you wake up in the morning and say, 'I wonder what's going to happen today.' And… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask question and have a sense of wonder. They have curiosity.… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
What we do, if we are successful, is to stir interest in the matter at hand, awaken enthusiasm for it, arouse a… — Julius Sumner Miller Copy Share Image
Someone asked us later, "Didn't you wonder why no one came across you sooner?" Did I wonder? When you see your parents… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
On this side of the Atlantic, the arrival of a new Woody Allen movie is always greeted with tremors of bliss by… — Joe Queenan Copy Share Image
Abraham Lincoln did have intellectual instincts, a tremendous curiosity on a broad range of subjects, and a near-photographic memory for what he… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
I think people are curious at some level, and they want to alter their current state of being. I mean, that could… — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
I suddenly realize why David Attenborough is the giant he is. It is not just his geographic curiosity, not just his anthropological… — Emily Maitlis Copy Share Image
If you had told me twenty years ago that I would write a novel set in Russia, much less two, I simply… — Debra Dean Copy Share Image
Curiosity and listening [are the principles to an excellent interview]. I never go into an interview with a dedicated list of questions… — Michael Kay Copy Share Image
“Henry had written a novel because there was a hole in him that needed filling, a question that needed answering, a patch… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
What occurred to me on [‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’], and also with the passing of her mother, is that there's… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
The curiosity of knowing things has been given to man for a scourge. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“Gentlemen you had my curiosity ... but now you have my attention.” — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image