Quotes About Curiosity

You get these moments of thrill. There you are, at 3:00 in the morning, and you know something about how we evolved that nobody else in the world knows. It's a thrill of discovery. You make this breakthrough, and you find something. It's this wonderful, wonderful scavenger hunt when you got to the end. It's just so great to be a scientist.

I think the things that excite other people don't even scratch the surface for me. I need much more to feel the adrenaline and the thrill.

German readers are much like Brits or Americans: They read for the thrill of it, the occasional shudder down the spine, knowing it's not real - but looking over their shoulders anyway, just in case.

Sometimes the buzz of reading about others eating comes from the voyeuristic thrill of seeing how the other half lives: the gold leaf and truffles or - in the case of Trimalchio's feast in Petronius' 'Satyricon' - the dormice and honey.

Writing for children isn't easy. Kids will abandon a story that doesn't interest, enchant, delight, thrill, or terrify them. But when you can find a way into a young reader's imagination through something as simple as words on paper, well, there's nothing more satisfying.

I got no thrill from solving an integral equation, but I did get a thrill from building an exotic piece of equipment that worked.

The thrill of autograph collecting is getting close to a world you're not part of.

I like the thrill of not knowing what's happening.

When I go to a movie and can't figure it out, I'm just thrilled.

The way to write a thriller is to ask a question at the beginning, and answer it at the end.

For me, a good thriller must teach me something about the real world. Thrillers like 'Coma,' 'The Hunt for Red October' and 'The Firm' all captivated me by providing glimpses into realms about which I knew very little - medical science, submarine technology and the law.

I like to read all kinds of books ranging from spiritual, philosophical, to best-sellers and crime thrillers.

I was enjoying myself writing, because I don't know what's going to happen when I take a ride around that corner. You don't know at all what you're going to find there. That can be thrilling when you read a book, especially when you're a kid and you're reading stories.

I think Wilkie Collins was a man ahead of his time, asking really important questions but also telling a really good and thrilling story.

Many dancers are content with the repertoire they're given. Others are dissatisfied but don't know why. Then there are a few like me that are curious and grab at everything. Can that curiosity thrive in the ballet world, or should it exist elsewhere? That's the eternal question.

I've never really learned anything when I feel like it's being forced down my throat.

If I am through learning, I am through.

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment.

There is always a place I can take someone's curiosity and land where they end up enlightened when we're done. That's my challenge as an educator. No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don't ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.

The question I always get is, Why didn't you throw Dr. Smith off the Jupiter? I get that all the time.

I would really hate it if I could call up Kafka or Hemingway or Salinger and any question I could throw at them they would have an answer. That's the magic when you read or hear something wonderful - there's no one that has all the answers.

My parents said that I was nine months old and would throw myself out of the crib onto the floor continually. As soon as they left the room after putting me back in they'd hear a big bump and I'd be on the floor again.

The best way to catch my attention is to throw a Twinkie near my face.

I love throwing myself into people who actually lived. It gives me a lot to research and a lot to know.