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Quotes About Inquisitiveness

[Science is] the desire to know causes.
~ William Hazlitt
I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.
~ David Foster Wallace
It's a lot harder to pull your head up and ask why.
~ David Heinemeier Hansson
The first thing to do is carry a notebook and during quiet times or as the thought occurs to you, compile a list of anything that really interests you. In other words, write a list of subjects which fascinate you without regard to photography.
~ David Hurn
If there's one thing that really annoys a god, it's not knowing something.
~ Terry Pratchett
When I go to peoples' houses I like to sneak into their bedrooms and try on their underwear.
~ Tom Clancy
Curiosity is the key to creativity.
~ Akio Morita
Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. Every advance into knowledge opens new prospects, and produces new incitements to farther progress.
~ Samuel Johnson
Curiosity is missing. Curiosity in particular is something that the system, not only the educational system but, the parental... what you do as a parent at home.
~ Neil deGrasse Tyson
It's not cruelty, maybe, but a desire to understand that motivates them.
~ Veronica Roth
...it is curiosity, initiative, originality, and the ruthless application of honesty that count in research- much more than feats of logic and memory alone.
~ Julian Huxley
Curiosity is little more than another name for Hope.
~ Augustus William Hare
What's up?" [asked Ford.]"I don't know, " said Marvin, "I've never been there.
~ Douglas Adams
Think people really want to know what's out there?""Probably not. People don't know what they want, Evelyn, or life wouldn't suck
~ Lizzy Ford, Kiera's Moon
Creativity grows out of two things: curiosity & imagination.
~ Benny Goodman
Curiosity is the main energy.
~ Robert Rauschenberg
Curiosity, fed by feats of imagination, can only grow
~ Julie Czerneda
Only a group lack of imagination could account for people not wondering what went on in the dark around them.
~ Charlaine Harris
I'm ever curious about the world. I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about. Having a vivid imagination is also a plus.
~ David Baldacci
One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.
~ Abdul Kalam
Curiosity is not a sin.... But we should exercise caution with our curiosity... yes, indeed.
~ J. K. Rowling
A writer seizes every opportunity to wonder.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
If they didn't want to know, they shouldn't have asked.
~ James Webb
Curiosity is a sickness of want to understanding.
~ Jan Jansen Easy Branches