Quotes About Curiosity

My undergraduate, I double-majored in biology and chemistry. Biology was kind of my love.

From my undergraduate days, I've always been interested in the major philosophical questions that don't seem to have an answer that everyone agrees on.

I first was introduced to really, I guess, underground electronic music when I was in middle school.

People gravitate to religion to feel a connection to the underlying meaning of everything. Well, as a scientist, you're always looking for the underlying meaning, and that, to me, is such a spiritual life, I wish people would open themselves up to that wonder.

I discovered that if one looks a little closer at this beautiful world, there are always red ants underneath.

I'm not going to tell a person how to think, don't believe in that. What I want to do, when I write these books, is just to say don't be so sure of yourself. Let me pull the carpet out from underneath you, and let's see if you can still find the footing.

Underneath this tired, middle-aged exterior, I'm an 11 year old kid.

A more accurate statement would be that I was the first person since Jedi who was permitted to stick a fork into the piecrust to see if there was still any steam underneath.

If we talk about the glass being half empty or half full, I want to know what does the glass look like from underneath the table?

I like understanding what's underneath, what's really motivating people. When I was younger, I wanted to be a psychiatrist, so I think it has to do with that.

What fascinates me as a writer is the stuff underneath, To me, what drives a novel is the curiosity behind the character and the depths that you want to find in that character.

My interest is in turning over a rock and seeing what's underneath. It's a personality trait more than anything; it's what made me want to become a crime reporter, even though I was not suited for it personality-wise.

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.

I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God - I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.

We must still think of ourselves as pioneers to understand the importance of space.

It's necessary to understand what real intelligence work is. It will never cease. It's absolutely essential that we have it. At its best, it is simply the left arm of healthy governmental curiosity. It brings to a strong government what it needs to know. It's the collection of information, a journalistic job, if you will, but done in secret.

Creativity is as important as literacy and numeracy, and I actually think people understand that creativity is important - they just don't understand what it is.

In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.

I've always been fascinated by people, their psychology, what drives them and trying to understand them.

I think every day you try to soak up as much as you can to learn and understand things better.

Students read for tests and because their parents ask them to, but I think it's very important to tell children that you can read for fun, too, and to understand human spirit. It builds empathy.

I'm naturally attracted to something I don't understand because when you try to deal with something you don't understand, it opens a door into another world.

It's of course understandable that people want to know about actors in their favourite series.

It is understandable that people want to know how it affects them. But as a scientist, I would hope society would be equally interested in fundamental science.