Quotes About Inquisitive

In no country perhaps in the world is law so general a study [as in America]…. This study renders men acute, inquisitive, dexterous, prompt in attack, ready in defense, full of resources…. They augur misgovernment at a distance, and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze.

A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer.

debrucei-me, curioso, para mim

Guarded curiosity.

with a prodigious curiosity but little perseverance.

That's sort of my mindset, more than anything else, whenever I get into anything new. I'm in this constant pursuit for new knowledge. I think I sometimes focus more on all the things that I don't know and what I'm trying to figure out.

I could imagine actually being a scientist or a detective, but not a detective who puts his hands into gory, bloody things. But more like someone who figures things out. I like to figure things out.

I'm starting to feel like I can actually figure out how stuff works. I can actually pick stuff apart and have a chance of fixing it.

My parents used to call me 'The Little Frog,' because whenever they asked how I knew something, I'd say 'read it,' which sounds a bit like a frog croak.

She is always sitting with her little nose burrowing into books. She doesn't read them, Miss Minchin; she gobbles them up as if she were a little wolf instead of a little girl.

Scientific people are always curious and I am going to be scientific.

There's no use asking more questions. If you ask a question they tell you it's a mystery, you'll understand when you grow up, be a good boy, ask your mother, ask your father, for the love o' Jesus leave me alone, go out and play.

There are bars of Pear's soap and a thick book called Pear's Encyclopedia, which keeps me up day and night because it tells you everything about everything and that's all I want to know.

My dad had a wildly embarrassing habit for a while, that luckily only came out when he was traveling abroad. When trying to decide what restaurant to eat in, he would boldly stride in to the kitchen of every possible contender and have a look around.

If you are curious, you'll find the puzzles around you. If you are determined, you will solve them.

The biggest quest to learn anything is curiosity. If you are curious about something, you will go and dig.

I get a fizzy thing in my brain, like a nice glass of wine, and I want to know facts and I want to understand.

I was a backstage kid. I was in the wings looking out.

The one thing that I would say that defines me is I love to learn. I get excited about new things. I buy more books than I read or finish.

Where do you learn this stuff?" "Don't you ever get bored?" Cassidy asked. "Yeah, but I don't Google 'German insults.'" "Why not? It's fascinating.

What I believe is that all clear-minded people should remain two things throughout their lifetimes: Curious and teachable.

Now that she was conscious there was no end to her questions and exclamations, for Dot was a born traveler, meant to go places, unlike us.

She never minded admitting she didn't know something. So what, she thought; I could always learn.

Harriet never minded admitting when she didn't know something. 'So what,' she thought, 'I can always learn.