Curious Quotes

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Train yourselves. Don't wait to be fed knowledge out of a book. Get out and seek it. Make explorations. Do your own research work. Train… — Irving Langmuir
It is curious how often erroneous theories have had a beneficial effect for particular branches of science. — Ernst Mayr
You will be astonished when I tell you what this curious play of carbon amounts to. A candle will burn some four, five, six, or… — Michael Faraday
It is a curious property of research activity that after the problem has been solved the solution seems obvious. This is true not only for… — Edwin Land
Without aggression, it becomes possible to think well, to be curious about differences, and to enjoy each other's company. — Margaret J. Wheatley
The most curious social convention of the great age in which we live is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected. — H. L. Mencken
Curiosity has ... proven to be a great ingredient in resilience, a trait particularly valuable in an extended economic downturn. Resilient people aren't made of… — Chip Conley
I've tried really hard to care about things that were very different from my parents. I was curious if I could care about [money] on… — Chelsea Clinton
The puzzling thing is that there is really a curious coincidence between astrological and psychological facts, so that one can isolate time from the characteristics… — Carl Jung
For dash and gallantry the bloodthirsty Scots, Australians and Canadians led the way, with the impetuous Irish close behind. The Australian to my mind were… — Adrian Carton de Wiart
The universality of tattooing is a curious subject for speculation. — James Cook
Everyone is curious about the intentions of their enemies. — Jung Woo
It is a curious truth that many cats enjoy warmer, more convivial, even affectionate relationships with humans than they could ever do with fellow felines. — Bruce Fogle
The King saw them with no common satisfaction, expressing his desire in no particular to have yt Stellar fish engraven and printed. We wish very… — Unknown Author
And when with excellent Microscopes I discern in otherwise invisible Objects the Inimitable Subtlety of Nature's Curious Workmanship; And when, in a word, by the… — Robert Boyle
This boulder seemed like a curious volume, regularly paged, with a few extracts from older works. Bacon tells us that "some books are to be… — Archibald Geikie
If you are curious as to what your future may hold, you can look into a mirror. What is reflecting back? Does a sparkle in… — John Templeton
I am curious to see what happens in the next world to one who dies unshriven. — Pietro Perugino
This curious faith is predicated on the notion that we will soon develop unlimited new sources of energy: domestic oil fields, shale oil, gasified coal,… — Wendell Berry
If you really want to succeed, you'll have to go for it every day like I do. The big time isn't for slackers. Keep up… — Donald Trump

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