Curiosity Quotes · Page 52

“Living on the edge wasn’t about danger, he realized. It was about curiosity; audacious curiosity, like”

— Christopher McDougall

It's the curiosity that drives me. It's making a difference in the world that prevents me from ever giving up.

— Deborah Meier

Interest refers to student’s affinity, curiosity, or passion for a particular topic or skill.

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

If you're talking to a child, you're going, 'This is the wonder of science and here's why I'm so fascinated by it.'

— Brian Andreas

“I disdained to argue, and entrenched my curiosity behind a rampart of pretended indifference.”

— Agatha Christie

“Schooling is a manufacturing process whereby the raw material called curious boys is turned into products called obedient men.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I read the papers online, and something usually piques my curiosity - that will then be the baseline of my research for…

— Ben Schott

Philosophy is man’s expression of curiosity about everything and his attempt to make sense of the world primarily through his intellect.

— Alan Watts

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

Every desire bears its death in its very gratification. Curiosity languishes under repeated stimulants, and novelties cease to excite and surprise, until…

— Washington Irving

I move around a lot. Ive lived in a ton of different places - and only for a month or two at…

— Hilarie Burton

Loewe inspires me. The way Jonathan Anderson's brain works... He's inventing, not just for the sake of new, new, new. It comes…

— Greta Lee

My own chief curiosity is to go into the world and explore as richly as I can, and as deeply as I…

— Anjan Sundaram

You have to continue to learn. That's how you develop. So the people who show that curiosity, that ambition, that willingness to…

— Roger Goodell

The holiness of the church means that life, as well as truth, marks Christ’s church; the behavior of Christians in the world…

— Edmund Clowney

I had this unusual mix of curiosity, the ability to write in ways people understood, and when I appeared, viewers seemed to…

— Tom Brokaw

Some men covet knowledge out of a natural curiosity and inquisitive temper; some to entertain the mind with variety and delight; some…

— Francis Bacon

But the distant hope of being one day useful or eminent ought not to mislead us too far from that study which…

— Samuel Johnson

When the Prince of Piedmont [later Charles Emmanuel IV, King of Sardinia] was seven years old, his preceptor instructing him in mythology…

— Horace Walpole

Theoretically, the actor ought to be more sound in mind and body than other people, since he learns to understand the psychological…

— Uta Hagen

“A much more interesting, kind, adventurous, and joyful approach to life is to begin to develop our curiosity, not caring whether the…

— Pema Chödrön

There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But always— do not…

— George Orwell

We could encourage the best qualities of youthfulness - curiosity, adventure, resilience, the capacity for surprising insight simply by being more flexible…

— John Taylor Gatto

Teach your scholar to observe the phenomena of nature; you will soon rouse his curiosity, but if you would have it grow,…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

In a house where there are small children the bathroom soon takes on the appearance of the Old Curiosity Shop.

— Robert Benchley

Just out of curiosity, I wonder what makes music or culture or taste go in certain directions. Who knows what the forces…

— Beck

We feel that this stands as a symbol of the insatiable curiosity of all mankind to explore the unknown.

— Buzz Aldrin

Sister, you're trying to keep me alive as an old curiosity, but I'm done, I'm finished, I'm going to die.

— George Bernard Shaw

I'm glad the Cube is reaching new generations, who face it with fresh wonder, curiosity and enthusiasm.

— Erno Rubik

The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.

— Edmund Burke

Live your life as a curious student and you will discover how fascinating it is.

— Elena Ornig

Doing a documentary is about discovering, being open, learning, and following curiosity.

— Spike Jonze

Dullard: Someone who looks up a thing in the encyclopedia, turns directly to the entry, reads it, and then closes the book.

— Philip Jose Farmer

I think ingenuity is part of our DNA. That plus curiosity, plus the willingness to commit.

— Gail Zappa

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom in learning from books as well as from nature.

— Anonymous

I am generally fascinated by what are the big, challenging questions - that's behind my curiosity.

— Paul Allen

The most important thing is insight, that is to be - curious - to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it…

— William Faulkner

If I see anything vital around me, it is precisely that spirit of adventure, which seems indestructible and is akin to curiosity.

— Marie Curie

I think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke my early interest in science.

— Paul Nurse

The shiny paint laid on by curiosity's hand has worn off. What thing better can a man know than the love of…

— Jim Elliot