Children Quote by Graham Swift

“Curiosity, that is, the separate drive to explore the world disinterestedly, without being stimulated by danger or physiological dissatisfaction, is, according to students of…

— Leszek Kołakowski

The gratification of curiosity rather frees us from uneasiness than confers pleasure; we are more pained by ignorance than delighted by instruction. Curiosity is…

— Samuel Johnson

Every desire bears its death in its very gratification. Curiosity languishes under repeated stimulants, and novelties cease to excite and surprise, until at length…

— Washington Irving

People die when curiosity goes.

— Graham Swift

Curiosity is vital to the growth of our society.

— Janet Mock

“Curiosity evokes ‘concern’; it evokes the care one takes for what exists and could exist; a readiness to find strange and singular what surrounds…

— Michel Foucault

“When curiosity is an end in itself—a perspective, a viewpoint, a way of life—then it fuels an easy, egoless, playful relationship between ourselves and…

— Vironika Tugaleva

Curiosity illuminates the correct path to anything in life. If you're not curious, that's when your brain is starting to die.

— Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

Curiosity is the hunger of the human mind.

— Rose Wilder Lane

Curiosity is unknown. All adults were once kids and once curious, but as adults you don't remember that and you see curiosity when it's…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Curiosity doesn't matter anymore. These days people don't want to be transported to emotional territories where they don't know how to react.

— Hector Babenco

Curiosity is what keeps me open to a sense of hope. It staves off negativity.

— Carrie Brownstein