Quotes About Curiosity

What a dull world if we knew all about geese!

To those devoid of imagination a blank place on the map is a useless waste; to others, the most valuable part.

The pleasures of ignorance are as great, in their way, as the pleasures of knowledge.

An intellectual is a person who's found one thing that's more interesting than sex.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm.

An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

Tal vez si prohibieran la literatura como la cocaína, la gente por puro morbo, buscaría meterse un par de líneas.

La verdad. Qué cierto es eso de que cuando llevamos mucho tiempo buscando la verdad, el día que por fin la descubrimos llega lo más difícil. ¿Qué hacer con ella? Lo curioso no es tanto haberla tenido delante de nuestros ojos todo el tiempo y no haber sabido verla hasta el último momento. Lo realmente curioso es que cuando por fin aparece, la verdad no permite largos plazos. Exige actuar, normalmente con urgencia.

Let me tell you what the problem is, Brik. Even if you knew what you want to know, you would still know nothing. You ask questions, you want to know more, but no matter how much more I tell you, you will never know anything. That's the problem.

Don't you wonder sometimes," sang Bowie all the way to Kinshasa, "about sound and vision?

There are three things in the world that are unclear to me, and a fourth one I do not comprehend: the path of an eagle in the sky, a snake on a rock, a ship at sea, and the path of a man to the heart of a woman.

Anyone who spotted a weed in a neglected field—a nice wild sorrel, say—and wanted to know whether it had come from a seed that had sprouted in the field, was blown in by the wind, or had been dropped there by a bird, would never, no matter how long they pondered it, reach a conclusion

If you did not indulge in fantasies, how else would you know if you were living an interesting life?

Do you still look at each other like you once did, back at the beginning of the story when everything was a question you were too afraid to find the answer to?

Any other brushes with insanity you haven't thought to mention?

In a small, excited voice she said, "Adventure awaits.

Minecraft was dangerous but exciting. He sometimes wished to go there.

I learned that it is possible to make conversation with anyone, if you figure out what they wish to discuss.

You are right. I have no idea, and it is none of my business, and I was taught to obey my parents. But sometimes it is just impossible to obey blindly. Sometimes a child must strike out on her own. A child cannot be a child forever, whether that means not touching a spindle or . . . or . . .

I'm a bat, want to see me fly?

Trust me, it's paradise. This is where the hungry come to feed. For mine is the generation that travels the globe and searches for something we haven't tried before. So never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite & never outstay the welcome. Just keep your mind open and suck in the experience— And if it hurts, you know what? It's probably worth it.

Trust me, it's paradise. This is where the hungry come to feed. For mine is a generation that circles the globe and searches for something we haven't tried before. So never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite and never outstay the welcome. Just keep your mind open and suck in the experience. And if it hurts, you know what? It's probably worth it.

An hour later we were walking past rows of busy beach huts and weaving between sunbathers and Frisbee games. I was surprised that people weren't taking more notice of us. Everyone looked so strange to me that I couldn't believe I didn't look equally strange to them.