--- title: "6 Vlogbrothers Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 6 Vlogbrothers quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Vlogbrothers sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09d/hank-green-2600_ask-questions_i-follow-and-cultivate-my-own-curiosity_328862.png" --- > [“I follow and cultivate my own curiosity. I think curiosity is one of the top two or three human characteristics. It's something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-green/i-follow-and-cultivate-my-own-curiosity-i-think-curiosity-is-one-of/) [Hank Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09d/hank-green-2600_ask-questions_i-follow-and-cultivate-my-own-curiosity_328862.png) > [“Why do writers use symbolism?” Okay, so let’s say you have a headache and you wanna tell someone about it and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/why-do-writers-use-symbolism-okay-so-let-s-say-you-have-a-headache/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c34/john-green-12_dream_why-do-writers-use-symbolism-okay-so-let_409637.jpg) > [“A lot of teenagers write to me and say "I want to write a book. I want to get published." And those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-johnson/a-lot-of-teenagers-write-to-me-and-say-i-want-to-write-a-book-i-want/) [Maureen Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7af/maureen-johnson-1282_books_a-lot-of-teenagers-write-to-me-and-say-i_465746.png) > [“Hank Green's Secrets of Productivity: 1.) I have convinced myself that if I am not using all of the tools I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-green/hank-green-s-secrets-of-productivity-1-i-have-convinced-myself-that/) [Hank Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a8/hank-green-2600_better-life_hank-green-s-secrets-of-productivity-1-i_995105.png) > [“Good morning Hank,it's Tuesday.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/good-morning-hank-it-s-tuesday/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/960/john-green-12_good-morning_good-morning-hank-it-s-tuesday-1699746_1699746.jpg) > [“I do think the idea of living your life to the fullest is a little flawed. Like, why is jumping out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-do-think-the-idea-of-living-your-life-to-the-fullest-is-a-little/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/324/john-green-12_books_i-do-think-the-idea-of-living-your-life_2866722.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/vlogbrothers/#itemlist", "name": "Vlogbrothers Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I follow and cultivate my own curiosity. I think curiosity is one of the top two or three human characteristics. It's something that I really like about myself. [...] I want to understand stuff! I want to understand people! Following my curiosity so frequently leads me to better life decisions and better business decisions but also - just feeling better! 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And you can see the dream but you can’t cross the bay to get to the green light that embodies your dream. And you want to talk about how socio-economic class in America is a barrier – a bay-like barrier, some would say – that stands between you and the green light and makes that gap unbridgeable. Now, you can just talk about that stuff directly, but when you talk about it symbolically, it becomes more powerful, because instead of being abstract it becomes kind of observable…. 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