Quotes About Curiosity

As I looked outside I noticed a street light crowded by moths. But as soon as that light went off, the moths fled in search of light (they seemed inseparable). Apparently, insects (moths) that are attracted to light know something we don't ~ go figure.

Creativity is a renewable resource. Challenge yourself every day. Be as creative as you like, as often as you want, because you can never run out. Experience and curiosity drive us to make unexpected, offbeat connections. It is these nonlinear steps that often lead to the greatest work.

Imagine what my body would sound like slamming against those rocks. When it lands will my eyes be closed or open?

People are always asking me about eskimos, but there are no eskimos in Iceland.

Now, the drug is taboo. You do not fool around with it. You give yourself to it and you are caught. I have a horror of it. I have lived in China without ever being curious enough to put a pipe to my lips. It is not a question of virtue. I do not like pharmacopoeia. I like lucidity. It is my guiding star. I will have nothing to do with the vertigo of opium which, with the single exception of De Quincey, is no friend to poetry. It is a filthy poison.

Blaise Cendrars

Curiosity is only vanity. Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk. We would not take a sea voyage for the sole pleasure of seeing without hope of ever telling.

Men blaspheme what they do not know.

Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.

It's hard to imagine talking to Lucy. But I can imagine sleeping with her. I have been imagining it quite regularly. I can't stop imagining it. Maybe it's time for my first Lucy Branch, my first truly physical relationship. And why do I assume it would be a bad thing? Maybe it's better with someone different from you. I could teach her how fluorocarbons affect the ozone. She could teach me about oral sex. We would both become better people.

The point is that a good logline, in addition to pulling you in, has to offer the promise of more.

Tom finds a new skill: ping-pong. Why? Because he does what's put in front of him without judgment.

Nada como uma cidade pequena para deixar as pessoas curiosas.

we can visit libraries, go to free places in the city, and think again

Well, every year I think, should I sign for another year? And I do. And then should I sign for another year? And one year I think I'll probably say, no, I don't think I will. And people will say, well, you're going to be bored. Well, I'd like to find out what it feels like maybe to be bored.

Today it's just "the Sun." Familiarity is the enemy of awe, and for the most part people walk the busy streets with no upward glance. In fact, one of the common bits of advice about the Sun is that we shouldn't look at it.

You've been doing this all your life? Do you still enjoy it?" I asked. The room was very warm, and he wiped his balding red-headed brow. Hi seyes lit up as he said, "This is a dream job. i get to see what the Sun's doing every day!

The single greatest people skill is a highly-developed and authentic interest in the other person.

It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits, and not to seek exactness where only an approximation is possible.

I'm more of an adventurous type than a relationship type.

A little learning is a dangerous thing but a lot of ignorance is just as bad.

asking discerning questions is a key directoral skill, and the wish to ask them a necessary attitude.