Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization. — G. M. Trevelyan Copy Share Image
Perhaps the only misplaced curiosity is that which persists in trying to find out here, on this side of death, what lies… — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Copy Share Image
“Why-why-why!... Ask it of everything your mind touches, and let you mind touch everything!” — Ann Fairbairn Copy Share Image
“With a bit of curiosity, you can untangle yourself from the web of others’ expectations and judgments. If” — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
You ask a lot of questions, don't you?" "My brother always says curiosity is my besetting sin. — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I think something that I can't name about our media has made us move away from that kind of specificity and that… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“I had only two concerns: to satisfy my basic needs and to satisfy my curiosity — the same simple life that the… — Marina Chapman Copy Share Image
“Curiosity is crucial for innovation. We are all born curious, but only a small number of people remain curious for a lifetime.” — Eraldo Banovac Copy Share Image
One of the most devastating enemies of the family is radical sex education in the public school. It is more explicit than… — Beverly LaHaye Copy Share Image
For me, writing stories set, well, wherever they're best set, is a form of cultural curiosity that is uniquely Scottish - we're… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
One should never count the years -- one should instead count one's interests. I have kept young trying never to lose my… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
When we take a slight survey of the surface of our globe a thousand objects offer themselves which, though long known, yet… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
What are the lessons learned? Well, I think number one is curiosity. It's the most powerful thing you own. Imagination is a… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
A person whose financial requirements are modest and whose curiosity, skepticism and indifference to reputation are outsized is a person at risk… — Louis Menand Copy Share Image
'Vogue' and 'Vice' may appear to some to see the world through different lenses. But in my view, both are fearless and… — Anna Wintour Copy Share Image
Listen,' Thomas said, slowly getting to his feet, hoping Minho wouldn’t be stupid enough to try anything. “There’s something about us. We’re… — James Dashner Copy Share Image
But weightier still are the contentment which comes from work well done, the sense of the value of science for its own… — Lawrence Joseph Henderson Copy Share Image
Mars is the next frontier, what the Wild West was, what America was 500 years ago. It's time to strike out anew…Mars… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Approaching subject matter to photograph is like meeting a person and beginning a conversation. How does one know ahead of time where… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
I think connecting to a character is like connecting to any human being - either you like them or you don't. You… — Katherine Waterston Copy Share Image
Writing a book about Jeremy Corbyn, set out with two objectives. The first was simple: to explain how he became the leader… — Alex Nunns Copy Share Image
“A warm feeling fell over the boy. A mix of security and comfort, as if a blanket were wrapping its soft layers… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
The best ideas aren't hidden in shadowy recesses. They're right in front of us, hidden in plain sight. Innovation seldom depends on… — Richard Farson Copy Share Image
I feel like I am always searching for my purpose. I'm always wondering what that is. — Will Compton Copy Share Image
“I don't know what is behind the curtain; only that I need to find out.” — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
A man's interest in the world is only an overflow from his interest in himself. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I think physicists are the Peter Pans of the human race. They never grow up and they keep their curiosity. — Isidor Isaac Rabi Copy Share Image
One shouldn't be too inquisitive in life Either about God's secrets or one's wife. — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
Childhood, after all, is not an ending, but rather a state full of potent curiosity. — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
“You deplore what I did, but you still want to know the results of my research.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The basic drive behind real philosophy is curiosity about the world, not interest in the writings of philosophers. — Bryan Magee Copy Share Image
“Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. — Zora Neale Hurston” — Gothelf, Jeff Copy Share Image
“Embarking on this journey is an act of courage and curiosity. It is a decision to step into the role of the… — Kevin L. Michel Copy Share Image
“Can't say I'm surprised you were here. You have the curiosity of a cat and the common sense of a goldfish.” — Susan Dennard Copy Share Image
“You used to stir my imagination. Now you don't even stir my curiosity.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The curiosity of the neighbors about you, is a tribute to your individuality, and you should encourage it — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
I've always been a curious thinker. And now, as an adult, I can articulate it. — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
Be at least as interested in what goes on inside you as what happens outside. If you get the inside right, the… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image