Quotes About Curiosity

It didn't much matter where the path went, she wasn't the least bit curious, she just needed a direction.

I'm not going to do a film unless there's something in it to excite me.

It is curious how instinctively one protects the image of oneself from idolatry or any other handling that could make it ridiculous, or too unlike the original to be believed any longer.

Most adults, unlike most children, understand the difference between a book that will hold them spellbound for a rainy Sunday afternoon and a book that will put them in touch with a part of themselves they didn't even know existed.

See, unlike most hackers, I get little joy out of figuring out how to install the latest toy.

Science fiction is exciting because it promises to show the world and the universe from perspectives radically unlike what we've seen before.

I actively pursue experiences that are unlike any others that I've experienced and cultures that I don't know and unfamiliar places and unfamiliar history and things like that.

Unlike a lot of people, I'm not afraid of the unknown. It intrigues me.

You're unlikely to discover something new without a lot of practice on old stuff, but further, you should get a heck of a lot of fun out of working out funny relations and interesting things.

True stories are always good because they're so odd, and so unlikely. It's always good to have a world that people don't know about - a world that hasn't yet been done. It's like treading on fresh snow. You're the first one there. It always feels good to be dealing with a period of history or a world that no one else has dealt with.

I believe in being completely open to the most unlikely explanation.

If I had an unlimited budget, I would really be probing that question of life because we know what the questions are, and we know what the destinations are.

I was lucky enough to be fairly quick at understanding what was taught, but unlucky enough not to be really interested in it, so I always got my exams but never had the scholar's love of learning for its own sake.

If you're curious how Lance Armstrong got away with cheating for 15 years or why Manti Te'o's fake girlfriend went unnoticed for five months, it's because sports reporters are really just starstruck fans, not hardcore journalists.

There are people who consider it almost unpatriotic to be inquisitive and to be truthful about your opinions.

If you put yourself in a situation of unpredictability and then find that it's completely possible to accept it, then you become an observer.

I guess I still have this motto: 'What else can I get away with?' And unpredictability in film - that's the hardest thing there is.

When I began modelling I was completely unprepared for the onslaught of curiosity it carried with it.

Usually, when people watch magic, there are two levels: the people who walk away accepting that there are things they don't know, and the other group, who wants to know, 'How did it work? How did that happen?' They want to unravel the puzzle.

Ballet is sort of a mystery to me. And I don't want to unravel that mystery.

Evolution is unobservable. It's based on blind faith in a few dry bones and on unreliable dating systems in which the gullible trust. Kids should be allowed to make up their own minds about this issue, and not be censored to 'one side is all we will let you hear.'

I put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it.

Research sometimes feels like an ongoing TV series in which some amazing revelations have already been made, but there are still plenty of cliff-hangers and unresolved plotlines that you want to see resolved. But unlike TV, we have to do the work ourselves to figure out what happens next.

The more stories I told, the more I found I wanted to tell. There was always something left unsaid. I got hooked by my own impulse of 'Well, what's gonna happen next?'