Curiosity Quotes

1094 Curiosity quotes by 779 unique authors

The various systems of doctrine that have held dominion over man have been demonstrated to be true beyond all question by rationalists of such power-to… — Wilfred Trotter
Five common traits of good writers: (1) They have something to say. (2) They read widely and have done so since childhood. (3) They possess… — James J. Kilpatrick
I don't think you can create luck. You're either lucky or you're not. I don't know if it's really luck or if it's just curiosity.… — Elliott Erwitt
The Big Sleep' would have been a more effective study of nightmarish existence had the detective been more complicated and had more curiosity been shown… — Manny Farber
I have this extraordinary curiosity about all subjects of the natural and human world and the interaction between the physical sciences and the social sciences. — Ian Hacking
The existence is a tremendous curiosity, with in the course of the years, the discovery of yourself in your inmost evolutions. With the age you… — Jacky Ickx
If she did experience sex-or something close to it-in high school, I'm sure it would have been less out of sexual desire or love than… — Haruki Murakami
Space exploration must be undertaken not only out of simple human curiosity but also to further the survival of the species. The twentieth century has… — Edgar Mitchell
I do not know what got me interested in technology. What was very clear to me very early on was that I was not interested… — Vinod Khosla
My career as a magazine writer was largely prefaced on the idea of curiosity, to go on adventures and weasel my way into the lives… — John Hodgman
Curiosity is the surest sign of intelligence — Oliver Jeffers
If I had to design a mechanism for the express purpose of destroying a child's natural curiosity and love of pattern-making, I couldn't possibly do… — Paul Lockhart
Curiosity killed the cat, but where human beings are concerned, the only thing a healthy curiosity can kill is ignorance. — Harry Lorayne
The truth is that literature, particularly fiction, is not the pure medium we sometimes assume it to be. Response to it is affected by things… — Vance Palmer
My most important quality or property is curiosity. And that had its beginning in what I was going to do with my life. — Richard Artschwager
I like going to museums and stuff, but I also like going out and doing lots of physical activity like camping and hiking. I like… — Nicholas D'Agosto
I always had a curiosity about Texas. I had a curiosity about small-town life, although, granted, Odessa's not a tiny town. — Buzz Bissinger
A child's eyes, those clear wells of undefiled thought—what on earth can be more beautiful? Full of hope, love and curiosity, they meet your own. — Caroline Norton
Survival is for the human animal; fear the motivation. For the spiritual being survival is irrelevant. Curiosity, compassion and creativity are the name of the… — Peter Shepherd
I believe one of our souls' major purposes is to know, love, and express our authentic selves. To live the life and be the person… — Sue Thoele
To teach one who has no curiosity to learn, is to sow a field without ploughing it. — Richard Whately
Nature never wears a mean appearance. Neither does the wisest man extort her secret, and lose his curiosity by finding out all her perfection. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I think of there being two conditions that creative people go through. I think it's fear and curiosity. — Mitchell Hurwitz
The most intense curiosity and excitement prevailed, and though the weather was uncertain, enormous masses of densely packed people lined the road, shouting and waving… — Fanny Kemble
If yon wish to be like the gods on earth, to be free in the realms of the dead, pluck not the fruit from the… — Friedrich Schiller

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