Curiosity Quotes
1094 Curiosity quotes by 779 unique authors
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Human vanity is so constituted that it stiffens before difficulties. The more an object conceals itself from our eyes, the greater the effort we make…
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
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You ask a lot of questions, don't you?" "My brother always says curiosity is my besetting sin.
— Cassandra Clare
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You will allow that one's curiosity must be aroused when one learns that a lady is prepared to elope to escape from advances one had…
— Georgette Heyer
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The constant happiness is curiosity.
— Alice Munro
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Passion is what makes life interesting, what ignites our soul, drives our curiosity, fuels our love and carries our friendship, stimulates our intellect, and pushes…
— Jon Krakauer
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These are the few ways we can practice humility: To speak as little as possible of one's self. To mind one's own business. Not to…
— Mother Teresa
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Curiosity might have killed the cat, but little girls usually fared much better.
— Kate Morton
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She had that thing most people don't have - curiosity. She might not have always got the right answers, but she wanted to ask the…
— Zadie Smith
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The most unhappy people in the world are those who face the days without knowing what to do with their time. But if you have…
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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We destroy things with our curiosity. We shatter with our best intentions
— Lauren DeStefano
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but curiosity is a restless and scrupulous passion, and no one girl can endure, with patience, that hers should be baffled by another.
— Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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Listen,' Thomas said, slowly getting to his feet, hoping Minho wouldn’t be stupid enough to try anything. “There’s something about us. We’re not just random…
— James Dashner
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I like the idea of something greater than us. We destroy things with our curiosity. We shatter with our best intentions. We are no closer…
— Lauren DeStefano
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We'll choose knowledge no matter what, we'll maim ourselves in the process, we'll stick our hands into the flames for it if necessary. Curiosity is…
— Margaret Atwood
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I don't need you to agree with me," she said quietly." I'll go away happy with a little bit of doubt. Doubt is good. It's…
— Jasper Fforde
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To write requires an ego, a belief that what you say matters. Writing also requires an aching curiosity leading you to discover, uncover, what is…
— Terry Tempest Williams
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She's always polite and kind, but her words lack the kind of curiosity and excitement you'd normally expect. Her true feelings- assuming such things exist-…
— Haruki Murakami
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Philosophy is man’s expression of curiosity about everything and his attempt to make sense of the world primarily through his intellect.
— Alan Watts
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A person without curiosity may as well be dead.
— Judy Blume
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Since I had a soft spot for zombies and my curiosity was killing me, I opted for plan Z.
— Darynda Jones
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My skepticism is strong, but my curiosity is stronger.
— Veronica Roth
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Professor Braithwope, shimmering out of his room fully clothed and dapper. His mustache was a fluffy caterpillar of curiosity, perched and ready to inquire, dragging…
— Gail Carriger
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A liberally educated person meets new ideas with curiosity and fascination. An illiberally educated person meets new ideas with fear.
— James Stockdale
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It's through curiosity and looking at opportunities in new ways that we've always mapped our path at Dell. There's always an opportunity to make a…
— Michael Dell
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I have only one curiosity left: death.
— Coco Chanel
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