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Quotes About Inquisitiveness

Don't be arrogant, because arrogance kills curiosity and passion.
~ Unknown
Gabriel found himself interested, and he'd never before found a mouse interesting.
~ Nalini Singh
She always gave herself some time to browse the library shelves to check out new reads she hadn't heard about and wasn't sure she would want to stick with. Like agreeing to only coffee on a first date, rather than an entire meal.
~ Nancy Thayer
Want on legs," Gwladus said when she saw him. "Though for what, I don't know.
~ Nicola Griffith
I shall think soon that what people say is true: every woman is possessed by her own peculiar devil of curiosity
~ Nikolai Gogol
One attractive thing about me is that I'm never bored, because during any caesura my personal automatic pastime of questioning my own motives is there for me.
~ Norman Rush
The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.
~ Norton Juster
you think they want to wash?" I asked Harry and Zahra.
~ Octavia E. Butler
Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
~ Og Mandino
and I had a great curiosity to talk to the books, as I thought they did; and so to learn how all things had a beginning: for that purpose I have often taken up a book, and have talked to it, and then put my ears to it, when alone, in hopes it would answer me; and I have been very much concerned when I found it remained silent.
~ Unknown
I had often seen my master and Dick employed in reading; and I had a great curiosity to talk to the books, as I thought they did; and so to learn how all things had a beginning: for that purpose I have often taken up a book, and have talked to it, and then put my ears to it, when alone, in hopes it would answer me; and I have been very much concerned when I found it remained silent.
~ Unknown
Do not leave any unexplained, unnarrated situations, any closed doors; kick them down with a course.
~ Olga Tokarczuk
To me, the smarter you are, the more you want to learn - Ernie Accorsi
~ Pat Williams
Curiosity is a highly undervalued skill because of the value it makes other people feel.
~ Unknown
As we shook hands I wondered idly what her urine looked like.
~ Unknown
Depuis l'enfance et l'adolescence, j'éprouvais une très vive curiosité et une attirance particulière pour tout ce qui concernait les mystères de Paris.
~ Patrick Modiano
I'm about to die of terminal curiosity, you know.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
I spotted Elodin's name, then ran my finger back to where the title of the class was listed in fresh dark ink: "Introduction to Not Being a Stupid Jackass.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Now!" Elodin shouted without preamble. "Tell me things!
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Perhaps it is human nature to seek out hidden things".
~ Patrick Rothfuss
He who fails to question is asking for trouble.
~ Unknown
Anger and disappointment could take you just so far, he realized, but without curiosity you were lost.
~ Paul Auster
We are not really spying, we're just satisfying our curiosity.
~ Unknown
You don't have to be brave or a saint, a martyr, or even very smart to be an atheist. All you have to be able to say is "I don't know".
~ Penn Jillette