Curiosity Quote by Samuel Johnson

Curiosity, which may or may not eventuate in something useful, is probably the most outstanding characteristic of modern thinking ... Institutions of learning should…

— Abraham Flexner

There was no doubt that curiosity had much to do with it, curiosity and the desire for new experiences; yet it was not a…

— Oscar Wilde

Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. Every advance into knowledge opens new prospects, and produces new incitements…

— Samuel Johnson

Curiosity is an asset mostly frittered away.

— Mason Cooley

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

— Albert Einstein

“After curiosity, this quality of concentrated attention is what creative individuals mention most often as having set them apart in college from their peers.…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Things that people learn purely out of curiosity can have a revolutionary effect on human affairs.

— Frederick Seitz

Curiosity is idle only to those who fail to realize that it may be a very rare and indispensable thing.

— James Harvey Robinson

Leisure is the time for doing something useful.

— Benjamin Franklin

Curiosity is the right way for knowledge

— Sameh El-Hakim

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure.

— Samuel Johnson

Creativity flows when curiosity is stoked.

— Neil Blumenthal