Quotes About Curiosity

As a kid, I was less interested in the physical tinkering than thinking about what we would now call the physics, as opposed to the engineering.

You can go as far back as fifth grade, and you will find me tinkering with media and computers, making things that are a little off the beaten track.

I tried one tiny piece of kangaroo, which I never thought I would try, and it was actually pretty good. I probably wouldn't eat it again, but it was still pretty good.

I like to know a tiny bit about almost everything. I do like a pub quiz.

It's the things that you notice when you're not actually with your instrument that, in fact, become so interesting, and that you - you want to explore, through this tiny tiny surface of a drum.

I've loved dinosaurs since I was teeny tiny.

'The Borrowers' is the story of tiny people who live beneath the floorboards of houses and borrow from the occupants. I may have tried to pull up a plank or two because of it.

After an afternoon of interviewing Siri it turns out there are millions of questions that it can't or won't answer: How did you get my phone number? How many Siris are there? Did you have a Christmas party? Who is playing the tiny xylophone before and after each interaction? Are you spying on us, plotting the downfall of our species?

I always secretly loved the art of makeup as a child. I would come up with stories and characters and try on my mom's Maybelline eyeliner when she wasn't home. It was a very old-school pencil - you had to burn the tip to make it smudgy enough to use.

These are just the tip of the iceberg, because I read and read and read. I read everything.

When I meet people on airplanes and they find out I'm an economist, they usually ask about stock tips.

When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.

People are tired of simple things. They want to be challenged.

It is the children between five and seven who are the word-lovers. It is they who show a predisposition toward such study. Their undeveloped minds can not yet grasp a complete idea with distinctness. They do, however, understand words. And they may be entirely carried away by their ecstatic, their tireless interest in the parts of speech.

Everything in life can be tiring and tiresome if we don't have the ability to look at it as if it's the first time we've ever done it.

'Tis not every question that deserves an answer.

I got into history when I was 11 years old, and it all started with the Titanic. I'd read books in the library about it. Of course I've seen the movie, too - I don't think I've ever cried that much.

I have this fascination with space, but I also have a fascination with the Titanic.

When we were doing 'Criminal Justice,' they were filming 'Clash of the Titans' nearby and we kept nicking off to their catering tent and going, 'Look what they've got!'

But we used to go to flea markets and things, and look for old 78 records that had silly song titles.

As you can tell from the titles of my books, I like to probe secret organizations, secret subjects. And this sometimes gets me into trouble.

I love books with titles like, 'How Do You Spank a Porcupine?,' 'Arnie, the Darling Starling,' or 'The Bat in My Pocket.'

A bookstore has thousands of titles to sell. You need to be the guy the store attendant recommends to the reader.

To be honest, I think we should find first the possibility to make it. Research is first - if you're not interested, you never can find something. Many things happen from forgotten machines - ones that are no longer used.