Im a big believer in boredom. Boredom allows one to indulge in curiosity and out of curiosity comes everything. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
When writing 'Give and Take' and 'Originals,' the predominant emotion for me was curiosity. — Adam Grant Copy Share Image
A liberally educated person meets new ideas with curiosity and fascination. An illiberally educated person meets new ideas with fear. — James Stockdale Copy Share Image
This is the power of art: The power to transcend our own self-interest, our solipsistic zoom-lens on life, and relate to the… — Maria Popova Copy Share Image
It takes a perverse determination to drain that instinctive curiosity away and make history seem just remote, dead and disconnected from our… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
There is a point at which curiosity becomes unbearable, when it becomes an obsession, like hunger. — Mary Roberts Rinehart Copy Share Image
There are gentle souls who would pronounce Lolita meaningless because it does not teach them anything. I am neither a reader nor… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand. This is the sport, the luxury, special to the intellectual man. The… — José Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
I didn't know Charlie Parker well, but I spent some time with him, and he was articulate and well-spoken with a lot… — Benny Carter Copy Share Image
There are a lot of reasons for not doing something. And if humanity had come up with all the reasons for not… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Math is really about the human mind, about how people can think effectively, and why curiosity is quite a good guide. — William Thurston Copy Share Image
I have a vast curiosity about our universe, our origins, and its probable future. — Jack Williamson Copy Share Image
Humans need Jesus Christ as a necessity and not as a luxury. You may be pleased to have flowers, but you must… — Joseph Parker Copy Share Image
“Caring means cultivating the skills of an active listener. That is easier said than done, as an anecdote about the extraordinary social… — Marian Deegan Copy Share Image
The curiosity that children have has greater potential to become genius, when we direct them in proper channel and encouragement. — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
“Curiosity is the curse of the Clever. Or perhaps cleverness is the curse of the Curious. In any case, I am never… — Kelly Barnhill Copy Share Image
What really matters is your movies and how good a person you are. Otherwise, tabloids and news channels writing about you only… — Ranbir Kapoor Copy Share Image
Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in daily life that when people are inquisitive… — E. M. Forster 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
