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911 Curious quotes by 707 unique authors

History's villains are more easily recognized in retrospect. In an article published in 1935 and reprinted in 1937, Winston Churchill expressed a curious ambivalence towards… — Winston Churchill
Praised be the fathomless universe, for life and joy, and for objects and knowledge curious. — Walt Whitman
It is a curious thing that when one speaks from the heart it is invariably in the worst of taste. — Ngaio Marsh
Whatâ€™s so curious about human beings is that we can look deeply into the future, foresee disaster, and still do nothing in the present to… — Daniel Gilbert
I am a conservative. Quite possibly I am on the losing side; often I think so. Yet, out of a curious perversity I had rather… — Russell Kirk
If I was in love with someone, I would get their picture out of the school yearbook and do portraits. If I was curious about… — Lynn Johnston
On the hob was a little brass kettle, hissing and boiling; spread upon the floor was a warm, thick rug; before the fire was a… — Frances Hodgson Burnett
I think most poets are natural witnesses and were curious about everything. — Unknown Author
... Grateful Dead - that's it !! ... nobody in the band liked it, (the name) I didn't like it, either, but it got around… — Jerry Garcia
Children are notoriously curious about everything, everything except... the things people want them to know. It then remains for us to refrain from forcing any… — Floyd Dell
Curious Incident is not a book about asperger's....if anything it's a novel about difference, about being an outsider, about seeing the world in a surprising… — Mark Haddon
I have discovered the most exciting, the most arduous literary form of all, the most difficult to master, the most pregnant in curious possibilities. I… — Aldous Huxley
The British have an umbilical cord which has never been cut and through which tea flows constantly. It is curious to watch them in times… — Marlene Dietrich
It's a curious thing about our industry: not only do we not learn from our mistakes, we also don't learn from our successes. — Unknown Author
Fundamentalist is a person who considers whether a fact is acceptable to their faith before they explore it. As opposed to a curious person who… — Seth Godin
It boils down to studenthood-in-perpetuity / curiosity-in-perpetuity / applied fanatic restlessness. That is, a belief that life is ONE BIG LEARNING EXPERIENCE. Something mysterious happens… — Tom Peters
To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of oneself is ridiculous. — Plato
Scientists have one thing in common with children: curiosity. To be a good scientist you must have kept this trait of childhood, and perhaps it… — Otto Robert Frisch
Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink as I. — Unknown Author
. . . indeed what reason may not go to Schoole to the wisdome of Bees, Ants, and Spiders? what wise hand teacheth them to… — Thomas Browne

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