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Quotes About Inquisitive

Peabody, you're an investigative slut.
~ J.D. Robb
There are two kinds of people: the ones who need to be told, and the ones who figure it out all by themselves.
~ Tom Clancy
There are two types of people, you see. One type keep their heads straight, and look around as they walk. The others look up - at the tops of houses, at the eaves and the lintels and the roofs, which can tell you when they were built - and I've always done that.
~ Peter Ackroyd
He used his intellect as he used his legs: to carry him somewhere else. He studied astrology, astronomy, botany, chemistry, numerology, fortification, divination, organ building, metallurgy, medicine, perspective, the kabbala, toxicology, philosophy, and jurisprudence. He kept his interest in anatomy and did a dissection whenever he could get hold of a body. He learned Arabic, Catalan, Polish, Icelandic, Basque, Hungarian, Romany, and demotic Greek.
~ Sylvia Townsend Warner
But you know me-I'm an information magpie, always interested in shiny bits of intel. I've never gotten in trouble because of knowing too much.
~ T.A. Pratt
Curiosity killed the cat," Fesgao remarked, his dark eyes unreadable. Aly rolled her eyes. Why did everyone say that to her? "People always forget the rest of the saying," she complained. "'And satisfaction brought it back.
~ Tamora Pierce
What the hell is a Hufflepuff?
~ Team Starkid
I don't think you can impose limits on science because the very nature of homo sapiens is that he - she - is an inquisitive species. You can't control science. You have to control the effects of science.
~ Robert Winston
You are curious and quick, you have a deft mind, and for some unaccountable reason, people tell you things -- useful things.
~ Deanna Raybourn
I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew); Theirs names are What and Why and When And How And Where and Who.
~ Rudyard Kipling
but the great thing about traveling with Pluto was that he only cared about you to the extent that you were interesting to him now. In that way he kept you on your toes. No aspect of the relationship could be counterfeited when it was being minted anew from moment to moment.
~ Neal Stephenson
And I'm not assuming and I'm not judging. I'm just being curious.
~ Ned Vizzini
Good. Because right now I don't have you pegged as a yuppie. You're something else. I'm not sure what you are, but I'm going to find out." "Cool.
~ Ned Vizzini
Everybody asks me questions about the inside of James Franco's mouth.
~ Busy Philipps
I didn't know much about golf growing up.
~ Yogi Berra
My own curiosity and interest are insatiable.
~ Emma Lazarus
Apparently, cats are very, very curious and have a mysterious power that draws people to them.
~ Emma Corrin
I think for me I'm always... I find myself to be a very curious person when something interests me and I find that I'm attracted to that mystery.
~ Aimee Osbourne
I'm the Nancy Drew of drag!
~ Shangela
I read a lot of 'Nancy Drew' books as a kid and considered myself a bit of an amateur detective.
~ Chelsea Cain
When I was little, all I really wanted out of my life was to become Nancy Drew. I've always enjoyed fictional sleuths, especially Nancy.
~ Lucy Worsley
I'm a naturally curious person.
~ Adam Conover
I'm naturally guarded because of the way I was brought up. But I understand people are interested in who I am.
~ James McCartney
There are a lot of actors out there who are able to engage with something in themselves which isn't necessarily their brain. But personally I find it very intellectually satisfying: doing your research and then burrowing as deeply into character as you can. I'm a naturally inquisitive person, too, and acting does feed into that.
~ Rory Kinnear