Quotes About Curiosity

Once upon a time, I awoke in a strange place.

From time to time, it is worth wandering around the fuzzy border regions of what you do, if only to remind yourself that no human activity is an island.

when she thought it over afterwards it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural

When I see two guys kissing, I'm like, how come I can't kiss one of those guys? They look like they're having a good time.

The time you quit learning is the time to quit playing.

I was eleven years old when I saw a woman for the first time, and I was seized by such sudden surprise that I burst into tears.

Any time we are answer-driven rather than idea driven, we have lost the true meaning of education.

I want to learn more. I want to know more. That's what taking this time is about. I'm curious about so many things, but haven't had occasion to be exposed to them enough to really appreciate them.

When I came across something I liked, I wanted to find out as much as I could about it. This was as true of hearing Hoagy Carmichael for the first time as it was later when I first heard Boulez.

Whenever I meet people for the first time, I assume that they have a great story to tell and that it's my job to find it.

I've always had a feeling that any time you can experiment, you ought to do it. Because you never know what will happen.

There is time not only to see who has done what, but to speculate why.

I read passionately with a need to know and see the act of reading as an act of cognition and not simply a means of passing time.

The only way to write a great book is to write it with the eyes of a child who sees things for the first time.

As a boy, I didn't need a lot of playmates to have a good time.

Being at college, I think that's the time when you really start searching for things outside yourself.

I spent my time trying to understand grand jury procedure - a topic about which I never before had the slightest interest.

If you could eavesdrop on everything said about you, you'd spend most of your time waiting for the subject to come up.

I like the fact that kids are willing to be imaginative and go along with me when I'm telling strange tales.

Something surprising occurred to Finn. Are you all scared? he asked. Just because you don't know where the spinning room took us? Does it scare you that much when you don't know stuff? He jumped up to the next higher step. You should all remember what it's like to be a second grader. There's lots of stuff I don't know or understand, and I'm fine.

I was Pandora, bound and determined to open that box.

Oh, yeah, the feather dusters!" Luke exclaimed. "I'd almost forgotten about that. Now, why in the world were you so scared of them? You didn't really think they could come back to life, did you?" Smits fixed Luke with a curious look. "Yes," he said. "I did. I didn't know what death was.

The note only held two words:

Why Is It That When You Wash Two Socks You Only End Up With One? Is There Life After Death? and Where Did The Other Sock Go?