In a living civilization there is always an element of unrest, for sensitiveness to ideas means curiosity, adventure, change. Civilized order survives… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
It may be that the strongest instinct of the human race, stronger than sex or hunger, is curiosity: the absolute need to… — Jack Finney Copy Share Image
“Test everything that can be tested. As soon as you think you know something, that's when you stop questioning it. Understanding kills… — Josh Hanagarne Copy Share Image
I had a healthy curiosity and would try things on - play lots of practical jokes. But it was more in my… — Andy Griffiths Copy Share Image
A burning itch to know is higher than a solemn vow to pursue truth. To feel the burning itch of curiosity requires… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
Humility is my table, respect is my garment, empathy is my food and curiosity is my drink. As for love, it has… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
It's necessary to have an energy that carries you forward. You need the will to live, to have a great curiosity. To… — Sophia Loren 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
Avoid all refined speculations; confine yourself to simple reflections, and recur to them frequently. Those who pass too rapidly from one truth… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
“And I know that there are black boys and black girls out there lost in a Bermuda triangle of the mind or… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“In addition to his instinct for discerning patterns across disciplines, Leonardo honed two other traits that aided his scientific pursuits: an omnivorous… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
Building good technology starts with strong curiosity, pursuit of hard problems and exploration, wherever it leads. It isn't necessarily high-minded. Rather, on… — Bryan Johnson Copy Share Image
“Why are you afraid all the time?” he asks, not in a nasty way but with simple curiosity. “I’m not. I just… — Emma Chase Copy Share Image
“11 Benefits of Asking Questions “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” – Albert… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
“The mental framework that makes science enjoyable is accessible to everyone. It involves curiosity, careful observation, a disciplined way of recording events,… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
This whole literary game of trying to put yourself in the shoes of your opponent is good for everybody. It leaves you… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“To see persons looking with children's eyes at any ordinary scenery, is a proof that they possess the charming faculty of drawing… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
Men will gather knowledge no matter what the consequences. Science will go on whether we are pessimistic or optimistic, as I am.… — Linus Pauling Copy Share Image
Who's in or out, who moves the grand machine, Nor stirs my curiosity, or spleen; Secrets of state no more I wish… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The whole art of teaching is the only art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying… — Anatole France Copy Share Image
If you really want to succeed, you'll have to go for it every day like I do. The big time isn't for… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“Conventional wisdom nor scientific, mathematical prove of randomness in life could do nothing to deter human's curiosity for the unknown, however small… — Vann Chow Copy Share Image
This curious world we inhabit is more wonderful than convenient; more beautiful than it is useful; it is more to be admired… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
You can't just give someone a creativity injection. You have to create an environment for curiosity and a way to encourage people… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
We have relatively little time and a whole lot of curiosity, so the most efficient way to get there is what we… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
The only condition a library asks its users to honor is to do justice to their own imagination, their own curiosity and… — Vartan Gregorian Copy Share Image
If people are not safe, they will not make themselves vulnerable. If they feel too comfortable, they can become complacent or lose… — Erica Brown Copy Share Image
“It is possible for you to realise your dream as a scientist, you must be a passionate learner and curious enough to… — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Learning emerges from discovery, not directives; reflection, not rules; possibilities, not prescriptions; diversity, not dogma; creativity and curiosity, not conformity and certainty;… — Stephanie Pace Marshall Copy Share Image
I don't have so many things in the fashion world that interest me. It's probably because I am so deeply into it.… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There are two sorts of curiosity - the momentary and the permanent. The momentary is concerned with the odd appearance on the… — Robert Wilson Lynd Copy Share Image
Obama's presence opened a new field for writers, and what began as curiosity about the man himself eventually expanded into curiosity about… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
You might get nothing out of it at all except a beautiful, long life where all you did was follow your gorgeous… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Our society is much more interested in information than wonder, in noise rather than silence...And I feel that we need a lot… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
Any other iron on you?” he asked impatiently. “Just my tongue stud.” His look was a mixture of curiosity and horror. “I’m… — Kiersten White Copy Share Image
“Certainty was to curiosity what the sun was to the wings of Icarus. Where one shone forcefully, the other couldn't survive. With… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“A much more interesting, kind, adventurous, and joyful approach to life is to begin to develop curiosity, not caring whether the object… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
I have not yet lost a feeling of wonder, and of delight, that the delicate motion should reside in all the things… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“It's daring to be curious about the unknown, to dream big dreams, to live outside prescribed boxes, to take risks, and above… — Luci Swindoll Copy Share Image
