Quotes About Curiosity

Life's mysterious, strange, and full of wonders- and only a fool withdraws from it willingly and lets it pass him by.

You are curious and quick, you have a deft mind, and for some unaccountable reason, people tell you things -- useful things.

After all, I might not intend to use him for a plaything, but I could still appreciate looking through the toy-shop window.

She didn't look at me and I didn't look at her. Some questions are so direct the only way to ask them is sideways.

Of course, he was absolutely correct, it was no concern of mine. So naturally I thought about it--excessively.

Why, that is most intriguing. A lady scientist," he said in a tone of wonderment. "What will they think of next?

I know very little, but I am curious about a good deal.

I suppose it is quite certain he is dead?" I asked faintly. "There are bits of him stuck to your shoe," he remarked, rather unhelpfully.

Julia, why are you smiling?" "Because," I told him happily, "it's only our first night in this house and we already have two mysteries to solve. A most excellent beginning.

He smiled again. "Your reputation undoubtedly precedes you." I bristled. "I am not that curious!" "You are curious as any cat, my love...

She always gave the impression of great vitality, for she took a keen interest in things.

sausages. Behind

Have you ever turned over a stone just to watch the nasty things wriggling underneath?" "I think every child has." His mouth thinned into a cruel smile. "I am no longer a child. There's a baser word for what I like to do. Let us simply say that kicking over this particular stone amuses me." "Then let us hope you do not get stung.

Exactly. Now, why would young Figgy follow her stepmother without making her presence known?

I would earnestly warn you against trying to find out the reason for and explanation of everything . . . To try and find out the reason for everything is very dangerous and leads to nothing but disappointment and dissatisfaction, unsettling your mind and in the end making you miserable. —QUEEN VICTORIA TO HER GRANDDAUGHTER, PRINCESS VICTORIA OF HESSE, 22 AUGUST 1883

Invariably. We are educated out of common sense, curiosity, and any real merit. We are made to be decorative and worthy of display, with occasional forays into procreation and good works, but nothing more.

I would earnestly warn you against trying to find out the reason for and explanation of everything . . . To try and find out the reason for everything is very dangerous and leads to nothing but disappointment and dissatisfaction, unsettling your mind and in the end making you miserable.

Unseemly thinks are often the most interesting

I am a scientist," I told him ruthlessly. "I do not require perfect knowledge in order to form a working hypothesis, only possibilities.

I tipped my head.

We are educated out of common sense, curiosity, and any real merit. We are made to be decorative and worthy of display, with occasional forays into procreation and good works, but nothing more.

One seldom finds something is one never actually looks for it. A Curious Beginning

One seldom finds something if one never actually looks for it. Deanna Raybourne, A Curious Beginning

I'm more of a one-time reader. There are so many good books waiting to be read, I'll never go back and read one twice.