Quotes About Inquisitiveness

He knew by heart every last minute crack on its surface. He had made maps of the ceiling and gone exploring on them; rivers, islands, and continents. He had made guessing games of it and discovered hidden objects; faces, birds, and fishes. He made mathematical calculations of it and rediscovered his childhood; theorems, angles, and triangles. There was practically nothing else he could do but look at it. He hated the sight of it.

You'll never know everything about anything, especially something you love.

You'll never know everything about anything, especially something you love.

One needs a certain base of knowledge before one can ask sensible questions.

Unless you know a lot more about something than I do, I am not really that interested. I have too much information already.

I really believe that, as human beings, we have an innate need to explore, to see what's around the corner.

I've always been blessed, or cursed, some might say, with an insatiable curiosity, a desire to find something out about a people and a place. That's where it all begins.

Intellectual and emotional curiosity is what I hope I've taught my children.

Curiosity is free-wheeling intelligence.

I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.

As long as you're interested in people and things, that curiosity propels you forward.

I was always interested in figuring things out. I'd do experiments, like combining things I found around the house to see what would happen if I put them together.

Something that is characteristic of me is the breadth of my interests.

Everything interests me.

Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing. The rest is mere sheep herding.

I wasn't actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity.

I wasn't actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity.

It was all very well being told that she could do nothing to make things better. Neverfell did not have the kind of mind that could take that quietly. She did not have the kind of mind that could be quiet at all.

Even if it means I have to run off and live in the wild caves with a bag over my head, I still want to know what's going on. I need to know.

Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.

asking discerning questions is a key directoral skill, and the wish to ask them a necessary attitude.

He had this great curiosity. If there was a car wreck and Walter saw it, it would be like the first car wreck he ever saw in his life.

But you know what's interesting, Ray?" "No, Fester, why don't you tell me what's interesting?

Why? Jason asked himself. Why this intense and planetary hatred?