Wonder, and its expression in poetry and the arts, are among the most important things which seem to distinguish men from other… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Curiosity is, and has been from the creation of the world, a master passion. To awaken it, to gratify it by slight… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
there is no reason why anyone should understand how it works… and of course no reason why anyone should care … unless… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“The most precious thing I had then is the most precious thing I have now—my own curiosity. That is the thing I… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
...It's more important than ever that we find new ways to cultivate curiosity - because our careers, our happiness, and our children's… — Oliver Burkeman Copy Share Image
“I really would like to know,” he said with genuine curiosity. “The next time I kill someone, I’d like to do it… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
Curiosity at work isn't a matter of style. It's much more powerful than that. If you're the boss, and you manage by… — Brian Grazer Copy Share Image
“Live on no complex dreams... When the meaning of what you want to do isn't clear, it means there is absolutely no… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“Merlin stood up. For once, late as it was, he was pleased to see the Assistant Commissioner because he had been trying… — Mark Ellis Copy Share Image
“This is where you first failed us. You gave us minds and told us not to think. You gave us curiosity and… — Richard Kadrey Copy Share Image
Opinions are not to be learned by rote, like the letters of an alphabet, or the words of a dictionary. They are… — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
“Stop, stop pretty water!" Said Mary one day To a frolicsome brook That was running away. "You run on so fast! I… — Eliza Lee Follen Copy Share Image
Civilization is social order promoting cultural creation. Four elements constitute it: economic provision, political organization, moral tradition, and the pursuit of knowledge… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
Further, in writing, I feel corrupt and unethical if I have to look up a subject in a library as part of… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb 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
Many of the things that have happened in the laboratory have happened in ways it would have been impossible to foresee, but… — Irving Langmuir Copy Share Image
You can find a mentor; you have to ask questions, you have to show interest in what the other person is doing.… — Nina Garcia 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
The type of science that I do is sometimes known as 'curiosity-driven research.' This means that my work will never result in… — Hope Jahren Copy Share Image
Through this additional support, we must renew our commitment to provide talented young people with the opportunity to build scientific careers based… — Kenneth G. Wilson Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm just like a child. I'm full of curiosity about things, and it's fine as long as it's fun at that… — Akira Toriyama Copy Share Image
I think there is a certain lack of curiosity when it comes to Canada because it just sort of seems like it's… — Colter Wall Copy Share Image
“In a world full of oddities, it’s how you outdo yourself within your own schizophrenia of abnormalities, that determines your most interesting… — Julieanne O'Connor Copy Share Image
When a new project comes along, I want to know that the experience is going to be challenging and exciting. Part of… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
And I say to you that if you bring curiosity to your work it will cease to be merely a job and… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Writers are interested in a diverse range of subjects, but prefer to move from field to field to satisfy intellectual curiosity, rather… — Robert W. Bly Copy Share Image
I have to grit my teeth sometimes, knowing I am going to be written about. But I think it is my life,… — Jonathan Dimbleby Copy Share Image
Interacting with different people who have different stories sparked my curiosity about what makes people not only good at what they do,… — Harrison Barnes Copy Share Image
You ask about my opinion on vivisection. I quite agree that it is justifiable for real investigations on physiology; but not for… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
What I have learned from my own experience is that the most important ingredients in a child's education are curiosity, interest, imagination,… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Trace Science, then, with Modesty thy guide, First strip off all her equipage of Pride, Deduct what is but Vanity or Dress,… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
“The gratification of curiosity rather frees us from uneasiness than confers pleasure; we are more pained by ignorance than delighted by instruction.” — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
“Human curiosity. Such a very interesting thing. Think of what we owe to it throughout history. It is said to be usually… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
The consciousness of one's physical self had to be repressed because, socially, the female body was so visible, an ongoing provocation and… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
My relationship with science is as someone who's curious and hungry to know, hungry to understand. So all I have to offer… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
My favourite words are possibilities, opportunities and curiosity. I think if you are curious, you create opportunities, and then if you open… — Mario Testino Copy Share Image
The wish to travel seems to me characteristically human: the desire to move, to satisfy your curiosity or ease your fears, to… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
From time to time it has struck me that as a writer, I've somehow managed to live my life as I had… — Luke Davies Copy Share Image
I sort of have a dog-minded single strategy but I am a little more open to stuff that's out there, now and… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
“We all have individual ideas and agendas for managing our days and our lives. However, it is when we foster a sense… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
