Quotes About Curiosity

The English major reads because, as rich as the one life he has may be, one life is not enough. He reads not to see the world through the eyes of other people but effectively to become other people.

It was a slap-splash, a fleshy belly-flop sound, like the fin of something large in these waters, surfacing briefly to wave at the stars.

We all want answers to the big questions.

who looked like a kid lining up for the teacups at Disneyland. "You're sure we have to go down through the cathedral to get to the hospital?" said Elise.

I'm the white rabbit, drawing you closer to the rabbit hole.

I'm getting tempted to visit the Bookhouse myself. No telling what else you'd find on those shelves.

a real mystery can't be solved, not completely. It's always just out of reach, like a light around the corner; you might catch a glimpse of what it reveals, feel its warmth, but you can't know the heart of it, not really. That

I know the Blue Rose Task Force is charged with the investigation of matters that would make most average citizens—or the world's most expert neurophysicists, for that matter—flee from the room with their hair spontaneously combusting.

A wise man once told me that mystery is the most essential ingredient of life, for the following reason: mystery creates wonder, which leads to curiosity, which in turn provides the ground for our desire to understand who and what we truly are.

Mysteries precede humankind, envelop us and draw us forward into exploration and wonder. Secrets are the work of humankind, a covert and often insidious way to gather, withhold or impose power. Do not confuse the pursuit of one with the manipulation of the other.

If you want to change your stereotypes, seek first-hand experience. Do not believe everything you are told. Find out for yourself. Talk

If you want to have an interesting dinner conversation, be interested. If you want to have interesting things to write, be interested. If you want to meet interesting people, be interested in the people you meet—their lives, their history, their story. Where are they from? How did they get here? What have they learned? By practicing the art of being interested, the majority of people can become fascinating teachers; nearly everyone has an interesting story to tell.

You can't be curious and on the attack at the same moment.

Science and literature give me answers. And they ask me questions I will never be able to answer.

Lots of things are mysteries. But that doesn't mean there isn't an answer to them. It's just that scientists haven't found the answer yet.

And because there is something they can't see people think it has to be special, because people always think there is something special about what they can't see, like the dark side of the moon, or the other side of a black hole, or in the dark when they wake up at night and they're scared.

All great discoveries...are products as much of doubt as of certainty, and the two in opposition clear the air for marvelous accidents.

Travel is like knowledge. The more you see, the more you know you haven't seen.

I know exactly what I would do with immortality: I would read every book in the library.

Wanderlust is incurable.

Climbing mountains is an act I happen to love, but it is only one form of adventure. There are thousands. In fact, there's one for every human with the passion to push personal boundaries.

To most humans, curiosity about higher things comes naturally, it's indifference to them that must be learned

The best education you will ever get is traveling. Nothing teaches you more than exploring the world and accumulating experiences.

I like stepping into the future. Therefore, I look for doorknobs.