Curious Quotes

911 Curious quotes by 707 unique authors

The Curious Incident brims with imagination, empathy, and vision â€” plus it's a lot of fun to read. — Myla Goldberg
When I consider how, after sunset, the stars come out gradually in troops from behind the hills and woods, I confess that I could not… — Henry David Thoreau
A curious thing about Ugu the Shoemaker was that he didn't suspect in the least that he was wicked. He wanted to be powerful and… — L. Frank Baum
Seen in the light of evolution, biology is, perhaps, intellectually the most satisfying and inspiring science. Without that light it becomes a pile of sundry… — Theodosius Dobzhansky
Curious people who have become accustomed to think that one cannot sustain the moral of the army without giving it the freedom to shed blood… — Moshe Sharett
Lonely Places, then are the places that are not on international wavelengths, do not know how to carry themselves, are lost when it comes to… — Pico Iyer
I use to be panicked, but know I'm curious! — Ryan Adams
The Red Sox are a curious thing because so much here is media driven. You can't go fire half your scouts here because they are… — Michael Lewis
Children, by nature, are keen, passionate and curious. What was referred to as laziness is often merely an awakening of sensitivity, a psychological inability to… — Octave Mirbeau
Archaeology, I found, comprehended all manner of excitement and achievement. Adventure is coupled with bookish toil. Romantic excursions go hand in hand with scholarly self-discipline… — C W Ceram
The Internet is a powerful example of free speech and the free market in action; it is curious that the Net has alarmed the lawmakers… — Denise Caruso
If you are curious, you'll find the puzzles around you. If you are determined, you will solve them. — Erno Rubik
The intention of Paul VI with regard to what is commonly called the Mass, was to reform the Catholic liturgy in such a way that… — Jean Guitton
One can, then, conceive the production, by purely mineral means, of all natural hydrocarbons. The intervention of heat, of water, and of alkaline metals -… — Marcellin Berthelot
One road to happiness is to cultivate curiosity about everything. Not only about people but about subjects, not only about the arts but about history… — Gerald Brenan
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 â€” 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 â€“ 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

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