Quotes About Curiosity

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.

How long must a fish study to understand human motivation?

I've studied the humans for almost twenty years, Rachner. They've been traveling in space for hundreds of generations. They've seen so much, they've done so much…. The poor crappers think they know what is impossible. They're free to fly between the stars, and their imagination is trapped in a cage they can't even see." The glowing streaks had passed across the

The essence of real creativity is a certain playfulness, a flitting from idea to idea without getting bogged down by fixated demands. Of course, you don't always get what you thought you were asking for.

We were looking for starfarers, but we were too small and all we saw were their ankles.

Johanna was looking at her expectantly, and suddenly Ravna realized that the girl thought librarians must be experts at everything.

It's hard to be bored when you're as stupid as a line.

He] was an insect wandering in the cathedral his mind had become.

What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?" says Christina. Yes," says Will, looking puzzled. Didn't you?

What is it with you today?" says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are still swollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo around her face. Oh, you know," I say. Sun shining. Birds chirping." She raises an eyebrow at me, as if reminding me that we are in an underground tunnel.

Are we alone? Over time, you will come up with various answers to that same nagging question. Eventually one day it will occur to you that this endless asking is the answer you have been looking for. The fact that we have an ongoing dialogue with the universe is proof enough that there is "something" out there.

Poetry is a succession of questions which the poet constantly poses.

Cuando se viaja se abandonan las ciudades, por gratas que sean, con un sentimiento de alegría. Es la curiosidad que se despierta de nuevo, el instinto ancestral de cambio y movimiento, que llevamos en nosotros como herencia de nuestros remotísimos abuelos, nómadas incansables del mundo prehistórico ¿Qué habrá más allá? ¿Qué nos espera en la próxima etapa?...

I believe fear of what we do not know may be the devil's best tool, meant to keep us back from those we long to approach.

What about Cher and Suzanne?" I called after him. "I don't know, but if you end up kissing them, call me. I wanna watch.

Gerade als er in einigen Bogenlinien auf die Portierloge zusteuerte, stieß die Drehtür ein merkwürdiges Individuum in die Vorhalle" (S.13)

A library implies an act of faith.

A great artist is a great man in a great child.

You have created a new thrill.

He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.

There is nothing sexual about my interest in other women's breasts. But it's difficult not be curious when you have next to none of your own.

If I ever get to go to the moon, I'll probably just stand on the moon and go 'Hmmm, yeah…fair enough…gotta go home now.

There is one habit one should not grow out of -that is Being A Child at Heart .

Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.