Quotes About Curiosity

which means "other side," the other part of the city. The view from there wasn't as good as from the fort, but curious people were there, too, just looking. Strangely

television wears away the capacity to be astonished'.

I particularly value conversations which are meetings on the borderline of what I understand and what I don't, with people who are different from myself.

Tüm cevaplar? bulmak gibi beklentisi olmayan sonsuz bir yola koyulmak, belirli bir hedefe doÄŸru yolculuk yapmaktan daha ufuk aç?c? olmuÅŸtur her zaman; çünkü böylelikle önceden belirlenmiÅŸ hedeflerden çok daha tatmin edici yan yollara sapma özgürlüÄŸü kal?r insan?n.

How had it come about that these particular designs were chosen as our letters? Who decreed what sound would accompany each shape? And how was it decided the manner they would come together to form a word? 'Why is this so?' I demanded to know.

So how come it looks so beautiful? How come the moon falls from the sky?

If it seemeth to thee that thou knowest many things, and understandest them well, know also that there are many more things which thou knowest not.

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.

All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten. —Robert Fulgham

Wonder is the desire of knowledge.

Beware of the person of one book.

I fear the man of a single book.

If anybody would make me the greatest king that ever lived, with palaces and gardens, and fine dinners, and wine and coaches, and beautiful clothes, and hundreds of servants, on condition that I would not read books, I would not be a king. I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of books than a king who did not love reading.

The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.

Bruce Sutter and his new pitch, the split finger fastball, fascinate the manager of the Cuban national teams. 'We must find out about this new weapon,' he said. 'Are the American hitters plotting to murder him?

In the deep discovery of the Subterranean world, a shallow part would satisfy some enquirers;

I did not know it then, but my life was about to take a sharp turn. Strange and stranger (all carefully scientific of course) was about to become as common as air.

Books should be like magical jewelled boxes. It's the writer's job to tell the story. My job [the artist] is to make you want to pick up the box, and to peer inside.

Science must have originated in the feeling that something was wrong.

I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I am.

There are impertinent inquiries made; your rule is, to leave the inquirer uninformed on the matter; not, if you can help it, misinformed, but precisely as dark as he was!

The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.

Much that is terrible we do not know. Much that is beautiful we shall still discover. Let's sail till we come to the edge.

Sometimes she wants her pacifier, and other times, she doesn't even want it near her. She's very strong and determined. She's always trying to stand, and she was born with her eyes open, so she's ready to go.