Quotes About Curiosity

I definitely identify as a nerd - love being in a classroom.

I loved science. I still love it; I'm a nerd in that sense.

In fact, the world needs more nerds.

One of my secret nerdy things is that I love education.

I'm very nerdy about my music, and I like interrogating people about what they put on playlists.

I'm a bit nerdy about accents. I love it.

I'm a magpie in my fiction, taking whatever looks shiny and curious to line the nest of my story.

You should really cast a big net when it comes to life and learning. In the end, you're so much better for it.

I'll be honest: I don't even really know what 'Netflix and chill' means.

World makers, social network makers, ask one question first: 'How can I do it?'

Naturally, as a little boy, I did lots of naughty things. With Les, the son of the farm manager, I was always climbing on high roofs, then tumbling off, or building dangerous networks of tunnels in the hay bales.

It doesn't matter whether it is chemistry or immunology or neuroscience: I just do research on what I find interesting.

I never let schooling interfere with my education.

Luckily, I'm not educated. If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop.

When a new book comes out or becomes accessible in whatever form, I get it and I read it.

From the time I was a kid, I was always interested in any and all kinds of new business ideas.

For me, I just like new challenges.

You need to always try to find new challenges.

A great scientist is more open to a new idea than almost anybody.

I'm naturally curious, and I've always been driven by my curiosity. Curiosity gets people excited. Curiosity leads to new ideas, new jobs, new industries.

In my own life, I found that whenever I wasn't sure what to do next, I would go and learn a lot, read a lot, talk to experts. I don't know how the human brain works, but it's almost magical: when you read enough or talk to enough experts, when you have enough inputs, new ideas start appearing. This seems to happen for a lot of people that I know.

You're trying to find new ideas in people. I always think to myself, what question I am least comfortable asking the person? And then I make sure I ask it early in the interview.

I'm never short of inspiration. There are always new ideas - and new adventures.

It's every teacher's job to be rigorous about constantly being open to new ideas and innovation.