Quotes About Inquisitive

I feel every kid has to be naughty.

Apparently, I was going to have to get used to the idea of being stared at and inspected. People were going to be interested and inquisitive, I decided, and I would just have to accept it as logical, if I was going to function in the world at all.

At a certain point talk about 'essence' and 'oneness' and the universal becomes more tautological than inquisitive.

the first rule—he calls it the rule of rules—is the art of challenging what is appealing.

They saw themselves as rear-guard individualists, making a last-ditch stand against the twentieth century. They gave thanks loudly from morn till eve that they had escaped the soul destroying commercialism of the city. They were tacky and cheerful and defiantly bohemian, tirelessly inquisitive about each other's doings, and boundlessly tolerant. When they fought, at least it was with fists and bottles and furniture, not lawyers.

When someone refuses to tell me a certain piece of information, it only makes me that much more determined to find out the truth. I hate being ignorant. For me, a question unanswered is like a thorn in my side

Estar ávido en los gatos, nunca sabes cuando encontrarás la respuesta en ellos.

know what question he's trying to answer? "I have not the slightest idea. Tenga always had a question he was trying to answer. If he succeeded, he immediately chose another one, and so on. He may have answered a hundred questions since I last saw him, or he may still be gnashing his teeth

interested in everything and nothing else

he had read in an encyclopedia article entitled "Obstetrics." From boyhood he had had the habit of looking up things in that dependable work; but

No one is more avidly curious about other people's doings than those persons whom they do not concern.

That CIA bitch had an almost supernatural ability to ask the right questions.

I can see why you like it here, there's a thin layer of nerd all over everything.

arms wide and said, 'That's a question

Truly, Mallow yearned to know everything. Curiosity was part of her, like her short blond hair and bitten fingernails.

I had little wish to recall the callow peddler who would turn over any dank stone in his quest for knowledge.

I suppose the answer was that if something can be known, I can't stand not knowing it.

So what's the opposite of teachability?" "Proud . . . smug . . . know-it-all . . . shallow . . . stubborn . . . arrogant . . . that enough?" "Helps to know who you don't want to consider. So then, what are words that define teachability? "Well, what I just said: curious, inquisitive, hungry to learn, humble, disciplined . . . that enough?

Curiosity had twins — one was Invention and the other was Stick Yer Nose Into Things.

Someone who conceals his curiosity, is overwhelmed with information.

Who have we here? some amateur in fights! an inquisitive, wonder- seeking non-combatant, who has volunteered to serve his king, and perhaps draw a picture, or write a book, to serve himself! Pray, sir, in what capacity did you serve in this vessel?

I have asked people repeated follow-ups for a while and asked people uncomfortable questions for a while. I just try to hold people accountable.

If we talk about the glass being half empty or half full, I want to know what does the glass look like from underneath the table?

I like understanding what's underneath, what's really motivating people. When I was younger, I wanted to be a psychiatrist, so I think it has to do with that.