Quotes About Curiosity

The lifter didn't seem to be paying a lot of attention, but the buzz cut was looking at everything. He scanned the storefronts and alleys and rooflines, his ice blue eyes moving in an unhurried, practiced sweep. I wondered what he was looking for, and I wondered where he had picked up the habit. I said, "Afghanistan." The ice blue eyes never stopped their search.

Still, people sometimes do strange things for strange reasons, and I decided to see what Mrs. Louise Earle had to offer. I expected that she would support her son's claims, but in the doing perhaps she would add something to give them greater credence.

Her face was focused and contained, as if she was concentrating on something more important than answering the door. She was slight, with dark eyes, a thin face, and prominent ears. She was wearing denim shorts, a light green blouse, and sandals. Her hair was damp, as if she wasn't long from the shower. Holman thought she looked like a child. She stared at him with curious indifference. "Yes?" "I'm Max Holman. Richie's father." Holman

you must seek to become more than what you are by exposing yourself to different lands

Sometimes our questions are better left unanswered.

No one believes what they're told. They believe what they uncover. What they dig up on their own. And the harder it is to find, the more they believe it when they do find it.

Ignorance is fertile ground.

Por que você sempre responde com outra pergunta? E por que você sempre busca nos outros as respostas às suas perguntas?

What are we? Young or new? We must be something.

He never got up high enough to see. That's why I don't advise your trying this side. He tried this side. I've always meant to go And look myself, but you know how it is: It doesn't seem so much to climb a mountain You've worked around the foot of all your life.

Everything I need to know... I learned in kindergarten.

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge.

To ponder is not to brood or grieve or even meditate. It is to wonder at a deep level.

Does the giraffe know what he's for? Or care? Or even think about his place in things? A giraffe has a black tongue twenty-seven inches long and no vocal cords. A giraffe has nothing to say. He just goes on giraffing.

Why is love easy? I don't know. And the raccoons don't say.

Imagination is more important than information." Einstein said that, and he should know.

Imagination is better than knowledge.

In that moment of educational ennui, a freshman girl says, "I can bring a human brain to school if you want–my father has lots of them." (Talk about a full-scale class alert: She's going to do WHAT?!")

Why isn't love easy? I don't know. And the raccoons don't say.

Why is there Something instead of Nothing?

There is too little mystery in the world; too many people say exactly what they feel or want.

Just imagine for a day that you do not know anything, that what you believe could be completely false. Let go of your preconceptions and even your most cherished beliefs. Experiment. Force yourself to hold the opposite opinion or see the world through your enemy's eyes. Listen to the people around you with more attentiveness. See everything as a source for education—even the most banal encounters. Imagine that the world is still full of mystery.

Creativity is a combination of discipline and childlike spirit.

I give my mind the liberty to follow the first wise or foolish idea that presents itself