Quotes About Curiosity

I'm not easily inhibited by the fact that I don't know something about a subject. It doesn't stop me from dabbling in it.

As a boy, I was deeply interested in scientific ideas, electrical and mechanical, and I read almost everything I could find on the subject. I was attracted more by the hardware and construction aspects than by the scientific issues.

I always like learning the small details about a subject.

I liked math - that was my favorite subject - and I was very interested in astronomy and in physical science.

I find myself a fascinating subject.

I'm not afraid of getting into a subject I don't know much about.

I like dark subject matter. I'm not sure what that means about me!

I'm curious about everything. Even subjects that don't interest me.

In scientific subjects, the natural remedy for dogmatism has been found in research.

One of the most striking things one finds about the child under 7-8 is his extreme assurance on all subjects.

I tend to follow a scattershot approach to reading a lot of very diverse subjects interest me, and I'm quite happy to read stuff on any of them.

I have this extraordinary curiosity about all subjects of the natural and human world and the interaction between the physical sciences and the social sciences.

Plus, I was a math and science whiz from my first introduction to the subjects.

I preferred to study those subjects that were of interest to me.

I actually wanted to be a forensic scientist for a while. When I was doing my Standard Grades, three of them were science subjects. The interest in science didn't wear off, but I found other interests.

I love to read different books on completely different subjects at the same time. I cannot focus on one. I read a few pages of literature, then I jump to philosophy and at the same time I'm reading biographies of Mahler.

I think a lot of kids are interested in two science subjects: dinosaurs and aliens. The reason is almost genetic; we're hard-wired to be interested in things that might be a little dangerous.

From the age of 13, I was attracted to physics and mathematics. My interest in these subjects derived mostly from popular science books that I read avidly.

I don't pretend to be an astrophysicist or anything, even though I do read about certain things like metaphysics and cosmology that I've always just been really interested in. I don't pretend to be able to sit down and pontificate on any of these subjects.

I make movies on the subjects that excite me.

My job in many ways has been to navigate interesting routes around subjects people think are dull.

I am more interested in asking questions about the edges of things and thoughts. So the objects I use are not initially the subjects of the work; they are its ground.

Children love making things, but they don't get the same opportunities now as practical subjects seem to be sidelined. I would love to see schools offering much more in the way of practical subjects to let children see what they can do.

People always think I just focus on rap, but I listen to every type of music. If I like a song it don't matter what genre of music it is. I might listen to Duran Duran, I might listen to Sublime, maybe Red Hot Chili Peppers.