Quotes About Curiosity

I've always been into asking the big questions; I'm the last guy out the door at closing time cuz I was sittin' around 'til the wee hours with the other ones who were asking the same things.

I've always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.

'Narnia' has opened my eyes to a lot of things. I feel lucky that I'm able to travel; I'm not stuck in my hometown, meeting the same kind of girls and saying hi to the same people, week after week. There are so many interesting, intelligent girls out there.

I'm at the age where I just want to experiment. You know, play a crime investigator one week, a pregnant girl one week, an angel of darkness another week. I don't want to define myself by any category, or age, or role.

I get newspapers from Britain and other countries twice a week and read them almost page to page. Sometimes I find I'm reading things I don't even need to read, because my mind is still hungry.

But I would not refuse a meeting with Putin. I would like to spend a week with Putin, so that I could better understand him.

And Michael likes to read a lot. People don't realize that about him but he reads a number of books per week and he's fascinated just about every subject.

I never just do nothing. A weekend off? Let's go somewhere. Let's fly somewhere.

Scientists normally like to do experiments. You know, they like to mix this with that and see what happens. They like to take this thing and poke it and see how it reacts. In astronomy, we can't do that. The stars, the planets, the galaxies, are so far away that we just look at them, and we have to learn things by looking at them.

What I know about poker, you can fit into a thimble with room left over, but I'm learning.

In the same way I wanted to learn how to play poker, I've always kind of been into the blues. It just seems like a cool thing, but I didn't know much about it. So I thought, 'Hey, let's really learn about the blues.'

I like poking my nose into other people's lives.

Despite being a classical musician, I keep poking my nose in other genres of music.

I wanted to be a police detective. In my work, particularly in documentaries, I am obsessed with finding things out, seeking ever-new facts and perspectives - each project can involve years of research.

I'm quite investigative. Believe it or not, my mum and dad were in the police, and I sort of like to read into things and stuff.

I've always wanted to play a police officer or a detective, because I think if I wasn't an actress that is what I would want to do.

My mother always told me it wasn't polite to ask what people make.

I'm not a political animal, I'm a curious animal.

I had to be - I was in school for probably three or four years before I began taking courses in history and political science, and I just started to realize how big the world was. I mean, when I arrived in college, I didn't know anything.

I thought I would go into philosophy and political science.

I've been both a journalist and a politician, and I can tell you it is more fun to ask the questions than have to answer them.

Scientists are not movie stars or politicians who will feel insulted if they are not showered with accolades. Scientists are not interested in accolades.

There are so many things the people who take polls never get around to asking.

I loved the Little Lulu stories, where she would fantasize that her bedroom rug would turn into a pool of water, and she could dive down into the center of the world.