Curious Quotes

911 Curious quotes by 707 unique authors

It is curious to note the old sea-margins of human thought! Each subsiding century reveals some new mystery; we build where monsters used to hide… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Life — how curious is that habit that makes us think it is not here, but elsewhere. — V. S. Pritchett
Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon – it is the very heart of painting. Repeated experiments with adjacent colors will show that… — Josef Albers
It is disturbing to discover in oneself these curious revelations of the validity of the Darwinian theory. If it is true that we have sprung… — Cornelia Otis Skinner
It is curious that while good people go to great lengths to spare their children from suffering, few of them seem to notice that the… — David Benatar
With ADD, you’re curious. You’re eyes believe what they see. Your ears believe what others say. I learned to trust my eyes. — Paul Orfalea
I get curious about new things. My real strength is going into a field that has not been investigated before, and finding new approaches to… — Joshua Lederberg
The curious thing about fishing is you never want to go home. If you catch something, you can't stop. If you don't catch anything, you… — Gladys Taber
You know I was curious - I was interested in all kinds of mystery or deeper meanings in the paintings because I myself have not… — H R Giger
What a curious workmanship is that of the eye, which is in the body, as the sun in the world; set in the head as… — Stephen Charnock
It's curious that the Church has become the most tightfisted at the very time in history when God has provided most generously. There's considerable talk… — Randy Alcorn
If you're curious, if you have a capacity for wonder, if you're alive, you know all that you need to know [about music]. — Michael Tilson Thomas
I start off with the obvious, that it makes no sense either to believe or to disbelieve in God until a substantial and intelligent definition… — Kenny Smith
Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new dimensions… — Robertson Davies
Independently of the curious circumstance that such tales should be found existing in very different countries and languages, which augurs a greater poverty of human… — Walter Scott
Not only did I enjoy the creative side of Playboy and enjoy being surrounded by people who are curious about life, but I also love… — Christie Hefner
It wasn't so much that I had to leave to make it in the music business as I was curious to be out on my… — Matthew Sweet
The most important thing is insight, that is to be - curious - to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man… — William Faulkner
Unthinking faith is a curious offering to be made to the creator of the human mind. — Unknown Author
It's a curious fact about Americans that in their most fiercely patriotic moods they are willing to set aside their Constitution, the guarantor of their… — Joseph Sobran
A curious consequence is that I have become a minor celebrity. — Edward Tufte
Jarecki's 'Reagan' is a compellingly watchable and appropriately conflicted portrait...artfully nuanced and intellectually curious. — Hank Stuever
Seattle is this curious liberal island. — Jonathan Raban
It is curious to observe what different ideals of happiness people cherish, and in what singular places they look for this well-spring of their life.… — Helen Keller
It is curious to reflect, for example, upon the remarkable legend of the Philosopher's Stone, one of the oldest and most universal beliefs, the origin… — Frederick Soddy

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