Quotes About Curiosity

Oh, Kanga," said Pooh, after Rabbit had winked at him twice, "I don't know if you are interested in Poetry at all?" "Hardly at all," said Kanga.

Yes, it is, isn't it? " said Kanga, not waiting to hear what happened on Friday.

Darla's head bled profusely after the crash. Roslyn's tongue tingled as she remembered tasting the gooey substance out of curiosity.

The sum of things to be known is inexhaustible, and however long we read, we shall never come to the end of our story-book." ( Introductory lecture as professor of Latin at University College, London , 3 October 1892)

Sign this... and I'll show you

My reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it'll mention three other books I feel I have to read. It's like a particularly relentless series of pop-up ads.

I am all for teachers who can make their subjects interesting, who can make them live.

I set an essay . . . 'Give a snail's description from the front door to the school gate.

Shake the tree. See what falls down.

To know all is an impossible dream; but woe unto him who dares not to learn all, and who does not know that, in order to know anything, one must learn eternally!

On the brink of mystery, the spirit of man is seized with giddiness. Mystery is the abyss which ceaselessly attracts our unquiet curiosity by the terror of its depth. The greatest mystery of the infinite is the existence of Him for whom alone all is without mystery. Comprehending the infinite which is essentially incomprehensible, He is Himself that infinite and eternally unfathomable mystery; that is to say, that He is, in all seeming, that supreme absurdity in which Tertullian believed.

Makers of curious experiments in phenomena of extranatural vision are no better than the eaters of opium and hasheesh. They are children who injure themselves recklessly.

Then why are you begging? – To find out what effect it has and to observe people's reaction

Leo. Es como una enfermedad. Leo todo lo que cae en las manos, bajo los ojos: diarios, libros escolares, carteles, pedazos de papel encontrados por la calle, recetas de cocina, libros infantiles.

Luke, I don't want to discourage your curiosity, but I have to remind you, if something goes wrong, this is an exceptionally embarassing way to die." Mara

Gideon resisted a strange urge to laugh. Looks like homicide. What did he think—that a heart attack had blown away half the man's head?

Art is... a question mark in the minds of those who want to know what's happening.

Let the Rabbit see the warren

Put aside a few minutes today to imagine and play. -Aaron Jhinkoo

God knows what happens in anime club

Okay," he muttered to himself, "now if I was a brain-dead logger tromping around where I shouldn't and getting myself shot through the throat by a bunch of angry woodland spirits, where would I be?" A

Avoid preaching. Children's stories should be explorations of life

He reached his hands toward the door and I figured what the hell. I'd never been in a silo before, and while that's not exactly bucket-list worthy, it's something to do when you're with a boy who intrigues you, scares you, and turns you on in equal measure.

Du moment que l'on arrête de lire, on s'engage sur la voie de la paresse intellectuelle.