Curiosity Quotes

1094 Curiosity quotes by 779 unique authors

It is little short of a miracle that modern methods of instruction have not already completely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry.... I believe that… — Albert Einstein
It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry;… — Albert Einstein
It is among the commonplaces of education that we often first cut off the living root and then try to replace its natural functions by… — Alice Duer Miller
Curiosity is the key to creativity. — Akio Morita
It is in virtue of his own desires and curiosities that any man continues to exist with even patience, that he is charmed by the… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. Every advance into knowledge opens new prospects, and produces new incitements to… — Samuel Johnson
Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and… — Mae Jemison
In my mind, the purpose of education is to enable human beings to develop to their full potential, intellectually and spiritually. That means that students… — Unknown Author
To know me is to love me. This cliche is popular for a reason, because most of us, I imagine, believe deep in our hearts… — Roger Ebert
Poetry operates by raising our curiosity, engaging the mind by degrees to take an interest in the event, keeping that event suspended, and surprising at… — Joshua Reynolds
The conception of gods originated in fear and curiosity. Primitive man, unable to understand the phenomena of nature, and harassed by them, saw in every… — Emma Goldman
It would seem to me... an offense against nature, for us to come on the same scene endowed as we are with the curiosity, filled… — Lewis Thomas
The most successful scientists are not the most talented. But they are the ones who are impelled by curiosity. They've got to know what the… — Arthur Leonard Schawlow
The sympathy of most people consists of a mixture of good-humour, curiosity, and self-importance. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind… — Oliver Goldsmith
Travel has no longer any charm for me. I have seen all the foreign countries I want to except heaven & hell & I have… — Mark Twain
We have no adequate conception of the perfection of the ancient tragic dance. The pleasure which the greeks received from it had for its basis… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
When you are fifty, you're neither young nor old; you're just uninteresting. When you are sixty, and still dancing, you become something of a curiosity.… — Ruth St. Denis
Aging only happens to people who lose their lust for getting better and disconnect from their natural base of curiosity. — Robin Sharma
I never really understood that massive collaboration involving hundreds of people is what makes movies possible, and it's also why I would agree that curiosity… — John Green
A friend, therefore, is a sort of paradox in nature. I who alone am, I who see nothing in nature whose existence I can affirm… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
After my mom died, there was so much written about her fashion and her style and all that, and I felt that one of the… — Caroline Kennedy
The muscles of writing are not so visible, but they are just as powerful: determination, attention, curiosity, a passionate heart. — Natalie Goldberg
My colleagues in elementary particle theory in many lands [and I] are driven by the usual insatiable curiosity of the scientist, and our work is… — Murray Gell-Mann
For me hope isn't wishful thinking or blind faith about the future. It's a stance toward life - one of curiosity and humility. — Frances Moore LappÃ©

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