Curious Quotes

911 Curious quotes by 707 unique authors

Just looking at them I grow greedy, as if they were freshly baked loaves waiting on their shelves to be broken open--that one and that--and… — Linda Pastan
I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers and wonder why they're here. If they like their… — Stephen Chbosky
This business of friendship was a curious thing, almost as difficult to learn as the busuness of acting. Sometimes you were expected to tell the… — Gary L. Blackwood
Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others. — Oscar Wilde
It made her think that it was curious how much nicer a person looked when he smiled. She had not thought of it before. — Frances Hodgson Burnett
It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
You must therefore zealously guard in his mind the curious assumption 'My time is my own'. Let him have the feeling that he starts each… — C.S. Lewis
I was born wandering between two worlds, one dead, the other powerless to be born, and have made, in a curious way, the worst of… — Aldous Huxley
It was curious to think that the sky was the same for everybody, in Eurasia or Eastasia as well as here. And the people under… — George Orwell
Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?' To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.' The dog… — Arthur Conan Doyle
It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom. Each, in its utmost development,… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
[in the]..curious way that my idealism has been mixed with my fatalism, so that I can possess the soul of a dreamer and that of… — Anais Nin
I had been hungry all the years- My noon had come, to dine- I, trembling, drew the table near And touched the curious wine. 'Twas… — Emily Dickinson
By this curious turn of disposition I have gained the reputation of deliberate heartlessness; how undeserved, I alone can appreciate. — Emily Bronte
Was his life nothing? Had he nothing to show, no work? He did not count his work, anyone could have done it. What had he… — D. H. Lawrence
Especially among Christians in positions of wealth and power, the idea of reading the Gospels and keeping Jesus' commandments as stated therein has been replaced… — Wendell Berry
During the first day, curious at having outsiders among them, a long stream of inmates came over and talked with me. Remarkably, according to what… — Alan Alda
Landscapes of great wonder and beauty lie under our feet and all around us. They are discovered in tunnels in the ground, the heart of… — Walt Disney
Human life--that appeared to him the one thing worth investigating. Compared to it there was nothing else of any value. It was true that as… — Oscar Wilde
I mean, how would anyone learn anything if they weren't curious? How would scientists make discoveries? -- We all have the right to be different,… — Annette Curtis Klause
Love is a fragile, corruptible thing. And yet I have seen it evince a curious strength. It is beyond any comprehension Love is a weakness… — Brent Weeks
When I awoke it was daylight. The inside of my tent was coated in a curious flaky rime, which I realized after a moment was… — Bill Bryson
Breathe properly. Stay curious. And eat your beets. — Tom Robbins
It is a curious emotion, this certain homesickness I have in mind. With Americans, it is a national trait, as native to us as the… — Carson McCullers
A curious thing about the ontological problem is its simplicity. It can be put into three Anglo-Saxon monosyllables: 'What is there?' It can be answered,… — Willard Van Orman Quine

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