Curiosity Quotes

1094 Curiosity quotes by 779 unique authors

When nothing is sure, everything is possible. — Margaret Drabble
The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask question and have a sense of wonder. They have curiosity. 'Who, what, where,… — Sylvia Earle
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. — Albert Einstein
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. — Albert Einstein
Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death. — Albert Einstein
Never lose a holy curiosity. — Albert Einstein
Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race. — E. M. Forster
Many a secret that cannot be pried out by curiosity can be drawn out by indifference. — Sydney J. Harris
Don't wait. The time will never be just right. — Napoleon Hill
Curiosity is the lust of the mind. — Thomas Hobbes
Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery. — Victor Hugo
Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty. — Victor Hugo
Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. — Zora Neale Hurston
Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision. — Aldous Huxley
Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every conceived notion, follow humbly wherever and whatever abysses nature leads, or… — Thomas Huxley
Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. — Samuel Johnson
Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles. — Samuel Johnson
People don't always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history. — Caroline Kennedy
Children do not give up their innate imagination, curiosity, dreaminess easily. You have to love them to get them to do that. — R. D. Laing
Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever puts one down without the feeling of disappointment. — Charles Lamb
The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth. — Irving Langmuir
What is the meaning of 'gossip?' Doesn't it originate with sympathy, an interest in one's neighbor, degenerating into idle curiosity and love of tattling? Which… — Lucy Larcom
Getting to know someone else involves curiosity about where they have come from, who they are. — Penelope Lively
There are two sorts of curiosity - the momentary and the permanent. The momentary is concerned with the odd appearance on the surface of things.… — Robert Wilson Lynd

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