Quotes About Curiosity

So, whazzit dis time, cizzen?

have they started work yet, go on, one teeny tiny peek. Rain and rust and ruin. Carpetgrass dead slime. That made her very sad.

Is this a Kurdish thing?' 'What?' 'Being deliberately contradictory?

When we stop believing in God, we don't suddenly believe in "nothing" … we believe anything.

question they couldn't answer as yet. What mattered to them

Rebus stopped her and turned to Chilton. 'Why isn't Neil

I've got tremendous respect for different cultures, for the food and everything.

Unless you are genuinely interested in working with someone, don't. It doesn't matter how big an expert they are, or how much grant money the project would bring in. Stay away from things that do not interest you.

In mathematics, it's unwise to abandon an interesting idea just because it's wrong.

I definitely like the mystery of not knowing how things will turn out, you know.

People are always trying to understand. There is only one way to do that. It is to discover < + i + >why< + i + > you want to understand.

If you really want to learn, do not be surprised if someone tries to teach you. And do not lightly reject the method.

I asked a child, walking with a candle, 'From where comes that light?' Instantly he blew it out. 'Tell me where it is gone — then I will tell you where it came from.' (Hasan of Basra)

Dicho del Mulá Nasrudín. Si sobrevivo a esta vida sin morirme, me sorprenderé.

Most people, whatever their opinions and protestations, do not want to learn.

You cannot learn more until you can learn more.

Se ha dicho que la "Humildad no es tanto una virtud como una necesidad a la hora de aprender".

Toda aproximación a un estudio o a un individuo debe comenzar con una apetencia de atención. Sin embargo...nunca debe acabar de esta manera.

Por qué hice tal y cual cosa?' está muy bien. Pero qué hay con '¿De qué otra forma podría haberlo hecho?

La institución de la enseñanza existe por esta razón: el aprendiz debe aprender a aprender.

Banality is like boredom: bored people are boring people, people who think that things are banal are themselves banal. Interesting people can find something interesting in all things.

I'm a travel enthusiast.

La mejor literatura es la que está hecha de preguntas más que de respuestas, de intuiciones más que de certezas, de dudas más que de convicciones.

My music is best understood by children and animals.