Quotes About Inquisitiveness

Something about exploration has fascinated me from a young age.

The different foods and cultures and geography and art - I could spend my lifetime traveling around India and still not fully know it.

We should have scant notion of the gardens of these New England colonists in the seventeenth century were it not for a cheerful traveller named John Josselyn, a man of everyday tastes and much inquisitiveness, and the pleasing literary style which comes from directness, and an absence of self-consciousness.

Never settle for half the story, and make-up and imagine the rest. Get the full Story!

I am not trying to teach you anything but trying to ignite the fire of curiosity for knowledge and wisdom.

Creativity comes from curious, intuitive, persistent action.

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

I like to watch people. Sometimes I ride the subway all day and look at them and listen to them. I just want to figure out who they are and what they want and where they're going.

Stories make you think and dream; books make you want to ask questions.

Once you have learned to ask questions - relevant and appropriate and substantial questions - you have learned how to learn and no one can keep you from learning whatever you want or need to know.

Good design encourages a viewer to want to learn more.

But he said, in substance, to himself that if the earth and moon were about to clash, many persons would doubtless plan to get upon the roofs to witness the collision.

Contrary to current cynicism about past golden ages, the abstraction known as 'the intelligent layperson' does exist - in the form of millions of folks with a passionate commitment to continuous learning.

Human beings always want explanations. They have to know everything about everything and they have to know it immediately.

If you tell me that the sky is red, I will look up.

I never liked sleeping; I always think I am missing something.

Sometimes random things that you wouldn't think mean anything mean so much to them. With kids, you can say, 'Let's go pick some flowers' or 'There's a snail. Let's investigate that.'

Pride and curiosity are the two scourges of our souls. The latter prompts us to poke our noses into everything, and the former forbids us to leave anything unresolved and undecided.

We should try to leave the world a better place than when we entered it. As individuals, we can make a difference, whether it is to probe the secrets of Nature, to clean up the environment and work for peace and social justice, or to nurture the inquisitive, vibrant spirit of the young by being a mentor and a guide.

Aquel que llegaba a interesarse por un libro se convertía inevitablemente en un esclavo de la lectura. Un libro te remitía a otro libro, un autor a otro autor, porque, en contra de lo que solía decirse, los libros nunca te resolvían problemas sino que te los creaban, de modo que la curiosidad del lector siempre quedaba insatisfecha. Y, al apelar a otros títulos, iniciabas una cadena que ya no podía concluir sino con la muerte.

Scepticism does not abolish the world, it turns it into questions.

It moved me away from the narcissism of childhood and into the world's mysteries—the unexplained, the taboo, the other—and drew me closer to a place of understanding and acceptance.

My best teachers were not the ones who knew all the answers, but those who were deeply excited by questions they couldn't answer.

but anyone who thinks one book has all the answers hasn't read enough books.