Quotes About Curiosity

A curiosity . . . no, a need for a different kind of communion. One with people not of the mountain, but rather the outsiders of the Ridge. She couldn't explain the call of Angel Ridge. Women before her, like her mother, had experienced the same longing, had tried to assimilate with the people below the mountain and had been cruelly rejected, returning to the mountain to live a singular existence.

I have ceased to think even of barnacles!' -Charles Darwin

Two gasps rang out. The first one came from Clara, the second from Fezzo. One moment they'd been looking at a mound of concrete, and now they were staring at two human feet. They were crossed at the ankle so that tops of the feet faced each other and rested toe to toe.

Anything covered is always interesting. There is never nothing beneath something that is covered.

The young woman was a window waiting to be climbed through. A window that she guessed was a little broken anyway.

They would be enchanted beginners all over again, ... . That was the best thing to be in life.

She is the wanderer, bum, émigré, refugee, deportee, rambler, strolling player. Sometimes she would like to be a settler, but curiosity, grief, and disaffection forbid it.

I thought so. Anything covered is always interesting. There is never nothing beneath something that is covered. As a child, I used to cover my face with my hands so that no one would know I was there. And then I discovered that covering my face made me more visible because everyone was curious to see what it was I wanted to hide in the first place.

that most of us don't go through with it, but we have at least walked our minds on this forbidden pasture and let them graze there?

It's the curiosity that drives me. It's making a difference in the world that prevents me from ever giving up.

Our task is not to solve enigmas, but to be aware of them, to bow our heads before them and also to prepare the eyes for never-ending delight and wonder.

expected to see a horse

Whatever we know as children, this is the world, eaten whole and without question.

Here are some other examples of digging deeper into a conversation: You ask, How have you been? and get the reply, Busy. Follow-up responses could include: How do you deal with being busy? What is going on that's got you so busy? Describe a busy day for you. Do you like being busy? Does there seem to be a cycle of busy-ness during your year? Do you remember a time in your life when you weren't as busy?

With creative usage of these three elements (questions, follow-up comments, follow-up questions), the possibilities and variations in conversation are virtually limitless.

opened her door. Jess pushed her sunglasses up her nose. "You have

Something else to ask her landlord about… or maybe

How to be a great teacher: Know your students. Know your subject. Make it relevant. Teach in an organized place, in an organized way. Encourage curiosity. Ask the questions: Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? Time is priceless. Care.

Curiosity was a bad character trait for a private investigator to have. It created work.

Certainty is the place where questions go to die.

Do not get angry, stubborn, and imperious. Get curious.

Don't preach. Don't teach. Don't judge. Take a loved child by the hand and explore something fascinating together.

If a plethora of learning with a paucity of teaching is an approach to heaven and a plethora of teaching with a paucity of learning an approach to hell, the devil is hard at work in our educational systems.

The universe is full of wonderful answers patiently waiting for us