Quotes About Curiosity

My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.

and what might be intended as simple curiosity may feel like a demand for a confession.

Baz? kitaplardan hiç ayr?lmad?m çünkü beni hiç s?kmad?lar.

Knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severly for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.

Why, my good man, thou hast the curiosity of a girl. Who could have believed, that only a slight hint would have set thy imagination agog in such a manner. And a fine encouragement I have to unravel the mystery as thou callest it. Nothing less, truly, than to be told something to my disadvantage. What an excellent reward that will be! In what court of justice didst thou learn that equity?

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.

but they were writers and writers suggest things just to see what happens next.

TRUE, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.

She remembered the day that she first realized she would never be able to read every book in the world," said John Clement. "She cried for days.

Science, in the very act of solving problems, creates more of them.

We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers

Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me.

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.

The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.

Give a small boy a hammer, and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding. It comes as no particular surprise to discover that a scientist formulates problems in a way which requires for their solution just those techniques in which he himself is especially skilled.

A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the unsolved ones.

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

The things I want to know are in books my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.

You had to exert yourself to see this world. But if you did, if you had that kind of curiosity, if you had an innate interest in the welfare of your fellow human beings, and if you went through that door, a strange thing happened: you left your petty troubles on the threshold. It could be addictive

You needed a guide. You had to know what to look for, but also how to look. You had to exert yourself to see this world. But if you did, if you had that kind of curiosity, if you had an innate interest in the welfare of your fellow human beings, and if you went through that door, a strange thing happened: you left your petty troubles on the threshold. It could be addictive.

He invited me to a world that wasn't secret, but it was well hidden. You needed a guide. You had to know what to look for, but also how to look. You had to exert yourself to see this world. But if you did, if you had that kind of curiosity, if you had an innate interest in the welfare of your fellow human beings, and if you went through that door, a strange thing happened: you left your petty troubles on the threshold. It could be addictive.

One thing I know, I love to learn. I love literature. With these books I can sail the seven seas, chase a white whale . . .

But if you did, if you had that kind of curiosity, if you had an innate interest in the welfare of your fellow human beings, and if you went through that door, a strange thing happened: you left your petty troubles on the threshold. It could be addictive.

But for a four-year-old, everything is sacred and ordinary.