Quotes About Curiosity

All that I saw and learned was a new delight to me...

Nada de lo que existe en la vida es para ser temido, sino para ser entendido. Ahora es tiempo de entender más, para que podamos temer menos

Se menos curioso acerca de las personas y más curioso acerca de las ideas.

the brain is wired to answer questions. No matter what question you ask, your brain will immediately start searching for an answer.

An impersonal and scientific knowledge of the structure of our bodies is the surest safeguard against prurient curiosity and lascivious gloating.

Great results begin with great questions.

Learner/Judger Questions We all ask both kinds of questions, and we have the power to choose which ones to ask in any moment.

C — Curiosity. What's happening here? What are the facts?

One fateful day, expecting high praise from my advisor for some work I felt great about, I instead heard from him: "Marilee, this is just not acceptable." At that moment something new happened. Instead of tearfully wondering what was wrong with me, I took a deep breath, and becoming calm and curious, simply asked him "OK, how do I fix it?" That simple shift took me from feeling powerless to being confident enough to take constructive action.

the best way to solve a problem is to first come up with better questions.

But she continued to wonder what the fish tasted like, so brilliant and vivid pink. Would it taste pink?

Good librarians are natural intelligence operatives. They possess all of the skills and characteristics required for that work: curiosity, wide-ranging knowledge, good memories, organization and analytical aptitude, and discretion.

Bibliomancy: "Divination by jolly well Looking It Up.

Of course. Ask your librarian. Always the right answer.

Someday, I will stop being surprised at all the things librarians read; they'll read anything.)

But fear and fascination are yokefellows, oxen out of step but pulling in the same direction...

I'm starting to think that my level of intrigue outweighs my fear of controversy.

It was a test of a fragile trust. It was a test of our curiosity and fascination, which walked side by side with our fear. A test of whether we preferred to be ignorant or unsafe.

Once men are caught up in an event they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men.

I've never actually been a collector. I like the learning-curve, but I buy things, sell them to finance other things.

Please be a traveler, not a tourist. Try new things, meet new people, and look beyond what's right in front of you. Those are the keys to understanding this amazing world we live in.

He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.

An egg is always an adventure; the next one may be different.

A city is a place where there is no need to wait for next week to get the answer to a question, to taste the food of any country, to find new voices to listen to and familiar ones to listen to again.