Quotes About Curiosity

I believe that there are definitely creatures out there in this world that we haven't classified yet, and whether or not they can transcend dimensions is yet to be seen, but I... well, to put it simply, I want to believe in that kind of stuff.

The great thing about science fiction is that it transcends national boundaries.

Today I still feel like the most illiterate person ever to have roamed the campuses of Wellesley and Harvard, where I later transferred. I remain intimidated by all the books I haven't read, but over the years I've come to realize that being a student is a lifelong adventure.

Without transformation, you can assume you're at a high moral, spiritual level just because you call yourself Lutheran or Methodist or Catholic. I think my great disappointment as a priest has been to see how little actual spiritual curiosity there is in so many people.

Every time you create something new, there should be questions. And to me, that's a sign that you've actually done something that is transformative.

I'm the know-nothing. I'm curious, I try to be entertaining, I try to translate the techno jargon, but in the end I'm the audience's representative.

Pay attention to those employees who respectfully ask why. They are demonstrating an interest in their jobs and exhibiting a curiosity that could eventually translate into leadership ability.

I want to go to a country where I don't speak the language. I want to be lost in translation.

I'll try anything, but the pig testicles in Taiwan were a little much. Eh, it wasn't half bad. There was this one dish I had there, the translation is, 'The Monk Jumps over the Fence.' It's a fish dish with all these spices. It was beautiful, man - it was poetry. It had a whole story.

I knew 'Transparent' and saw a few episodes of 'Orange is the New Black,' so I knew about the trans actor in that cast. Of course, I saw 'Boys Don't Cry' back in the day. But the path that led me to this subject was different... it's just my curiosity as a human being more than my awareness of any political struggles.

I believe everything learned in college is an answer to a question that someone has posed. Questions get posed differently and the answers that come back transport us to places we never knew existed.

When I started to put my eye on electronic transportation is when I fell in love with it.

I don't know anyone who's ever taken a bus. It's a mysterious form of transportation.

In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly.

It doesn't really matter. Here goes nothing. It will be interesting to see what happens.

How curious it was to find that apparently nothing was ever really forgotten, that the past was never really gone, that it was always lurking, ready to destroy the present, or at least to make the present seem absurd.

Sooner or later, everyone goes to the zoo.

A sense of curiosity is nature's original school of education.

The Only Thing I Know For Sure Is That I Know Nothing At All, For Sure

Man must rise above earth to the top of the atmosphere and beyond, for only then will he fully understand the world in which he lives.

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.

understanding a question is half an answer

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

I only know that I know nothing