Quotes About Curiosity

Walking around sometimes, I would love to just be able to watch people, see how they act. Sometimes I would love to be invisible.

A day off after a show with no agenda in a foreign city is about the most fertile creative situation I can imagine. Just walking with nothing to do, killing time and hearing the sights and sounds of an unfamiliar place.

When my son was 3 years old - I'll never forget this - there was this homeless guy walking toward us, and my son looked at me, and he said, 'Who's your buddy?'

Walking down the street in any town or city in the world and having people look at you and start talking to you, convinced that they know you as well or better than they do members of their own family, that's just an odd phenomenon. But I mean, I wouldn't say it was a bad thing. It's an interesting thing.

If you can't find your inspiration by walking around the block one time, go around two blocks-but never three.

Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking.

It's funny to me that people find other people getting coffee really interesting, or walking their dog in the dog park.

Ever see a little kid walking around talking to himself? I'm the same way.

I grew up hearing about the walking undead. I had a fascination with it as a child.

I realize I stare at everyone, especially when I'm walking down the street. I'm just a curious person.

I regularly take my entrepreneurship students out walking because I want to get them in the habit of noticing and thinking about what they notice. They have to leave their phones behind to learn the basic lesson: Be where you are.

During all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks.

How do I know why Miles walks off the stage? Why don't you ask him? And besides, maybe we'd all like to be like Miles, and just haven't got the guts.

By the age of 11, I was no longer going to Sunday Mass, and going on birdwatching walks with my father. So early on, I heard of Charles Darwin. I guess, you know, he was the big hero. And, you know, you understand life as it now exists through evolution.

My mother used to take me to flea markets in my stroller, and I would just rummage through the piles. You've got to dig through the overstuffed racks that everyone else just walks by. It's the only way to find the cool stuff.

One of my strengths is I learn, and I like to learn from all sorts of people in all walks of life.

It was probably my parents who inspired me most. My father was a scientist and answered my scientific questions, while my mother took me on walks and showed me birds and plants. She also took me out at night and showed me the constellations and the aurora.

My favourite thing to do in any city is just to get lost and go for long walks.

I like to take walks and getting out and seeing things. These experiences are so irreplaceable and give you a whole different perspective on the greater context that you're in. If I didn't try to take advantage of that, I'd be missing out on a lot of really interesting things.

I wouldn't mind being a fly on the wall in a few Victorian parlours.

When I was a kid, we actually lived in a house that had been divided in two at one point, which meant that one room in our house opened up onto a brick wall. And I was convinced all I had to do was just open it the right way and it wouldn't be a brick wall. So I'd sidle over to the door and I'd pull it open.

I've always been interested in what else is here, what lies beneath.

I really only knew the name Berry Gordy growing up, but I didn't know what he looked like or anything about him.

I run everywhere and eavesdrop. It's the best way to see a city.