Quotes About Curiosity

Every small boy wonders why his father didn't go into the ice cream business.

I found out why cats drink out of the toilet. My mother told me it's because it's cold in there. And I'm like: How did my mother know that?

I cannot tell what the dickens his name is.

The next time it begins to rain ... lie down on your belly, nestle your chin into the grass, and get a frog's-eye view of how raindrops fall . . . The sight of hundreds of blades of grass bowing down and popping back up like piano keys strikes me as one of the merriest sights in the world.

The first essence of journalism is to know what you want to know; the second, is to find out who will tell you.

If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, try for eight, sixteen, thirty-two, and so on. Eventually, one discovers that it is not boring, but very interesting.

Each day can be one of triumph if you keep up your interests.

After such an introduction, I can hardly wait to hear what I'm going to say.

I always keep myself in a position of being a student.

People should be free to find or make for themselves the kinds of educational experiences they want their children to have.

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.

Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.

Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough.

Occasionally we sigh for an earlier day when we could just look at the stars without worrying whether they were theirs or ours.

A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.

What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?

Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.

When I was young, I said to God, "God, tell me the mystery of the universe." But God answered, "That knowledge is reserved for me alone." So I said, "God, tell me the mystery of the peanut." Then God said, "Well George, that's more nearly your size." And he told me.

My favorite thing is to go where I have never gone.

A dreamer-you know-it's a mind that looks over the edges of things.

R. Buckminster Fuller

If a child is too keep alive his inborn sense of wonder ... he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in.

If I had read as much as other men, I should have known no more than they.

Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door.