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Quotes About Curiosity

A big part of engaging kids in science is not getting the single, correct answer; it's being willing to work with students to discover the correct answer.
~ Mae Jemison
We should all miss bookstores. They let you discover things.
~ Christie Hefner
People have asked me whether I have a science background. No, but I have a great curiosity about the kinds of things we do on 'Discover.'
~ Peter Graves
I love working with actors who will just go, 'Oh O.K., let's try it and see where it goes,' and 'Let's see what we can discover.'
~ George C. Wolfe
My first dream was to travel. I was attracted to different places, different colors of skin, different food. When I was 18 in 1977, I went to Europe with my accordion and discovered the pleasure of entertaining people.
~ Guy Laliberte
I discovered Deborah Ellis's books in the school library after my head teacher encouraged me to go beyond the school curriculum and look for books I might enjoy.
~ Malala Yousafzai
I like people who would rather something be discovered than shoved in your face.
~ Amy Sedaris
I discovered reading through libraries. I grew up in a house that wasn't brimming with books.
~ Mark Billingham
When I was about ten, I discovered evolution by reading a book by Wilhelm Boelsche and seeing a picture of Archaeopteryx.
~ Konrad Lorenz
I've stopped making frocks, but not making discoveries.
~ Hubert de Givenchy
Most discoveries even today are a combination of serendipity and of searching.
~ Siddhartha Mukherjee
In most cases, the news is not really news. But in some cases, discoveries are made and should be listened to.
~ Dan Shechtman
Audiences like making discoveries.
~ Nina Tassler
I like my mind being stimulated. I like discovering new concepts.
~ Marco Pierre White
Kids come out of the chute liking science. They ask, 'How come? Why? What's this?' They pick up stuff to examine it. We might not call that science, but it's discovering the world around us.
~ Mae Jemison
When people go to the theater, they don't want to think 'I know exactly what I'm gonna get,' and then they get it and then they walk out. I think you want to walk in going 'I don't really know what this is about,' and have the fun of discovering it.
~ Pete Docter
I like discovering stories where I'm laughing and I'm learning. It's like, 'How was I never taught that in school?'
~ Derek Waters
It's the best thing, when you are in a creative space, discovering something and being enamored with it and excited by it.
~ Connie Nielsen
I've always liked discovering things.
~ MNEK
Sex is a discovery.
~ Fannie Hurst
The different bodies of my work end themselves when there's no more discovery to be had.
~ Dan Colen
Boy, when you come to study something, and you come to understand it - you know, even if it's just a little discovery that you make, and you come to understand it on your own, it feels it's like the greatest high. It's like you just have found some incredibly secretive thing about nature.
~ Carolyn Porco
Every day online is a new discovery.
~ Jackie Shroff
I actually love the Discovery Channel.
~ Andrew Flintoff