This sense of wonder is the mark of the philosopher. Philosophy indeed has no other origin. — Socrates Copy Share Image
“Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. What people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity.” — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
Faced with the sacredness of life and of the human person, and before the marvels of the universe, wonder is the only… — Pope John Paul II 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
And didn't they say that, although curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction brought the beast back? — Stephen King 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
Conjecture as to things useful, is good; but conjecture as to what it would be useless to know, is very idle. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“She'd also learned that curiosity lead to disappointment: that it was better not to want, not to look, not to wonder.” — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems… — Bernard Beckett Copy Share Image
It seems to me that a man who can think straight along for forty-seven years without changing a single idea ought to… — Jean Webster Copy Share Image
André Kertész has two qualities that are essential for a great photographer: an insatiable curiosity about the world, about people, and about… — Brassai Copy Share Image
I think on some level, you do your best things when you're a little off-balance, a little scared. You've got to work… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I want the strangeness and weirdness and incomprehensibility of life that art can reflect so well, but I want it to feel… — Dario Robleto Copy Share Image
There is no shame in not knowing. It's curious that we spend more time congratulating those who have succeeded than encouraging those… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Energy and curiosity are the lifeblood of universities; the desire to find out, to uncover, to dig deeper, to puzzle out obscurities,… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Inquiry and curiosity is really important in any profession, but definitely in what I do. And in parallel you also need to… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
Given the power and influence that science increasingly has in our daily lives, it is important that we as citizens of an… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
At every moment you choose yourself. But do you choose *your* self? Body and soul contain a thousand possibilities out of which… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
“Are you missing the library again?" Seth asked, startling her as he walked into the room. Kendra turned to face her brother.… — Brandon Mull Copy Share Image
“There is no wonder, no amazement, quite like that felt when something supposed for amusement's sake to be magical and mysterious actually… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
“Curiosity killed the cat, but not before teaching her that honey bees are not sweet, tweeting birds are slow to react, mice… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I have often noticed that these things, which obsess me, neither bother nor impress other people even slightly. I am horribly apt… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Every one of the geezers who continues to play a leadership role has one quality of overriding importance: neotony. The dictionary definition… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
Children, be curious. Nothing is worse (I know it) than when curiosity stops. Nothing is more repressive than the repression of curiosity.… — Graham Swift Copy Share Image
What we love and what captures our curiosity draws us forward into some place of great destiny. — Wayne Muller Copy Share Image
Success comes from curiosity, concentration, perseverance and self criticism. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“Our most precious resource now is wonder. What we wonder ignites our imagination, unleashes our empathy, fuels our ferocity.” — Amy Irvine Copy Share Image
Disappear where?" You know what they say: Curiosity killed the mutant bird kid. But I couldn't help myself. — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I found, when I was working in restaurants, that I did have this sort of natural curiosity about why things work. — J. Kenji Lopez-Alt Copy Share Image
As long as your curiosity is greater than your fear, you will move forward! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
The first vice of the first woman was curiosity, and it runs through the whole sex. — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
What unifies every part of my journey is I always lead with my curiosity, obsession, or fascination. — Brian Koppelman Copy Share Image
“Curiosity is a terrible thing, he was thinking. How is it possible to stop oneself from needing to know?” — Brian Evenson Copy Share Image
You are...beyond my imagination. It's a wonder you can be touched at all. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts. — Clarence Day Copy Share Image
“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
For me, when I think of curiosity on television, a lot of times my childhood was shaped by shows on PBS that… — Wyatt Cenac Copy Share Image
“Just out of curiosity, what needs to happen for you to make a decision about this?” — Phil M Jones Copy Share Image
“The wonder was in her, and the skepticism was in the world, and the coolness was in both.” — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
