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Quotes About Inquisitiveness

Pátzcuaro and in the shops that catered to them, and we couldn't read the signs above the storefronts as we passed them, so we peered in every window along the way to see what was inside.
~ Cristina Henriquez
But before he left, Matthew drew his wife aside and whispered, "Why do they have holes in their dresses?" "I'm sure there's a perfectly reasonable explanation," she whispered back, and pressed a fleeting kiss on his jaw.
~ Lisa Kleypas
Gustavo Solivellas dice: "Frecuentemente hay más que aprender de las preguntas inesperadas de un niño que de los discursos de un hombre" (John Locke)
~ Unknown
Curiosity should be as carefully cherish'd in children, as other appetites suppress'd.
~ Unknown
And besides, she was curious. She had questions. And answering questions was very nearly always more important than caution.
~ Jim Butcher
If you want to know all about
~ Andy Warhol
I may have entered her body, but now I want to enter her mind.
~ Vikas Swarup
The best way to know life is to love many things
~ Vincent Van Gogh
If you look at a dog following the advice of his nose, he traverses a patch of land in a completely unplottable manner. And he invariably finds what he's looking for.
~ W. G. Sebald
Then we shan't regard anyone as a lover of knowledge or wisdom who is fussy about what he studies…
~ Plato
I shall never fear or avoid things of which I do not know, whether they may not be good rather than things that [c]{34} I know to be bad.
~ Plato
There's no harm in taking a peek.
~ R.L. Stine
Of course, I don't know everything. Considering the infinite amount of knowledge that one could acquire in a virtually innumerable array of intellectual disciplines, it's probably more accurate to say that I don't know anything.
~ Dean Koontz
I talk to everyone - Uber drivers, bartenders. On Twitter, people see me as some mean guy, but in real life, I am out there asking questions.
~ Mike Cernovich
I'm never embarrassed to say, 'I don't know.'
~ Ruth Westheimer
Only ignorants get bored
~ Unknown
The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth.
~ Irving Langmuir
Why ... did so many people spend their lives not trying to find answers to questions -- not even thinking of questions to begin with? Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?
~ Isaac Asimov
Who knows where a cat goes?" he said philosophically.
~ Isobelle Carmody
Sometimes I am afraid for people like you who have to know things. Your kind will dig and hunt and worry at it until one day you will find what is hidden, waiting for you.
~ Isobelle Carmody
Curiosity is not a sin.... But we should exercise caution with our curiosity... yes, indeed.
~ J. K. Rowling
it's difficult to be curious and unhappy at the same time.
~ J. Mark G. Williams
principles of freethought is that no question is unaskable.
~ Unknown
A person who asks questions can get a reputation such as a person who wishes to find things out.
~ Damon Runyon