Quotes About Curiosity

Never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses and dreams without traveling.

When she was a child, my love carried a road-map in her hand the way other girls carried handkerchiefs.

In my errant life, I roamed to learn the secrets of women and men, of gods and dreams.

These kids just keep getting weirder and weirder.

But, curiously, membership of the Society was not open to Indians for many years, even though those presenting their findings were being trained by Indian scholars.

Always make sure there are seven things in your life at all times: laughter, family, adventure, good food, challenge, change, and the quest for knowledge.

I know it ain't none of my buisness, but does you own somethin that each one of them keys fits?I glanced at the keys; there were about ten of them. I suppose, I replied, not really ever having thought about it. Are you sure you own them, or does they own you

Maybe my mission wasn't to analyze them, like some sort of exotic specimens, but just to get to know them.

Time moves more slowly when you're young, because life is still new to you, a process of discovery.

I look at my life today, the things I value most about myself—my imagination, my love of acting, my passion for writing, my love of learning, my curiosity—all come from how I was parented and taught. And none of these qualities that I've just mentioned—none of these qualities that I prize so deeply, that have brought me so much joy, that have brought me so much professional success—none of these qualities that make me who I am…can be tested.

Readers want to know a few things right up front, like what the weather is like and the lay of the land, the color of that lake, or the steep pitch of that steeple. Now whether or not these things have one iota to do with your story doesn't concern the reader.

Readers want to know a few things right up front, like what the weather is like and the lay of the land, the color of that lake, or the steep pitch of that steeple.

Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.

Exercising leadership is an expression of your aliveness... But when you cover yourself up, you risk losing something as well. In the struggle to save yourself, you can give up too many of those qualities that are the essence of being alive, like innocence, curiosity, and compassion.

Socrates always insisted that any of us could do what he did if we were willing to give full expression to our innate capacity to ask questions, learn from everyone, challenge our own beliefs, and stand up for what is right.

Questions can excite, disturb, discipline, or comfort, but they always stimulate inquiry.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." I

There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.

I will ask you again. Are you mad? Well, that is the rumor, isn't it?

They weren't surprised that you had gone to find the truth about the dragon and its treasure. Such curiosity is reasonable, said an elder woman. They all nodded.

It's only when you look at an ant through a magnifying glass on a sunny day that you realize how often they burst into flames.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you're learning you're not old.

Presence without resistance: you are now free to turn to the question, "What do we want to do from here?" Then all sorts of pathways begin to appear: