Curious Quotes · Page 17

I'd heard that Lenny Bruce used a lot of profanity and obscenities in his act, and I was curious.

— Sheldon Harnick

But what I really am interested in is not the end of the world but everything which precedes it.

— Terence McKenna

“Create hell and people will be impatient to get there, just out of curiosity”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

Unthinking faith is a curious offering to be made to the creator of the human mind.

— John Hutchinson

Curiosity is my natural state and has led me headlong into every worthwhile experience (never mind the others) I have ever had.

— Alice Walker

As a writer, I think about films I work on in a traditional Hollywood kind of a way. I'm curious to see…

— Morgan Neville

I was never obsessed with being adopted. I was simply curious about my biological parents.

— Lisa Lutz

It is a curious phenomena that God has made the hearts of the poor, rich and those of the rich, poor.

— Vinoba Bhave

I'm very lucky to work at bitly, with a data set that allows us to explore human social behavior at the scale…

— Hilary Mason

People who have not seen me or don't know much about me are curious and that I don't mind that bit of…

— Tanishk Bagchi

“Is that love, do you think?" he asks, sounding genuinely curious. "Being crazy about someone no matter how much they hurt you?”

— Stacey Jay

I've always been curious about the psychology of the person behind the mask. When someone is anonymous, it opens the door to…

— Philip Zimbardo

I think self-criticism is sort of a given when you're an actor. It's also about being curious and not being flippant. Anyone…

— James Earl Jones

Digitas is a company that's very rapidly changing - the digital world changes every day. It's important we hire people who are…

— Laura Lang

What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self…

— Laura Linney

I'm always curious how we sometimes have a different point of view when it comes to justice. And that's why people root…

— Erik King

I was never educated to be an actor. I went to a regular college. It was a great thing for me because…

— Vincent Price

If you enjoy learning, if you enjoy the curiosity of music and what can be done with it, and stop looking at…

— Terry Bozzio

I smell pancakes," Al said as he jauntily smacked Pierce's hat back on the witch's head. "Did the runt make you breakfast?"…

— Kim Harrison

The government can always rescue the markets or interfere with contract law whenever it deems convenient with little or no apparent cost.…

— Seth Klarman

“You know a lot more about me than I know about you," Emily finally said. "I don't think that's fair." Win leaned…

— Sarah Addison Allen

All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty,…

— Dalai Lama

We're different, we're the same. You thought you'd never find a word to say to a woman who didn't fly airplanes. I…

— Richard Bach

Note, to-day, an instructive, curious spectacle and conflict. Science, (twin, in its fields, of Democracy in its)—Science, testing absolutely all thoughts, all…

— Walt Whitman

When you're changing centuries, people get curious about the future.

— Robert J. Sawyer

The universality of tattooing is a curious subject for speculation.

— James Cook

I'm obsessed with the human psyche. I want to understand. I want to ask myself if I have it inside me.

— Noomi Rapace

I love learning new things that will never be put to practical use.

— Jackson Rathbone

A subject emerges from an interaction between my self, my I, and my medium.

— Robert Motherwell

I'm obsessed with trying to understand what somebody is talking about and trying to get them to understand me.

— Matthew McConaughey

What I believe is that all clear-minded people should remain two things throughout their lifetimes: Curious and teachable.

— Roger Ebert

When stalking one’s prey, it is best to take one’s time. Say nothing, and as sure as eggs he will become curious…

— Harper Lee

It's very important to be curious in a very universal way. Whether someone is poor or rich, I'm curious about everything.

— David Tang

I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important…

— Martha Stewart

If there is any hell more unprincipled than our rulers, and we, the ruled, I feel curious to see it.

— Henry David Thoreau

It is curious how people go on believing that the musician knows less about what he is doing than those that judge…

— Darius Milhaud

“Books have a curious effect on those with certain predispositions to fall into obsession.”

— Kane X. Faucher

I thought I would be a sports announcer. All I was was a curious kid who wanted to be on the radio.

— Larry King

Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you; you must acquire it.

— Bertrand Russell

I have always believed that somehow the less we reveal the more the other desires to see.

— Annette Messager