Quotes About Curiosity

People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering.

Beware the man of a single book.

I don't like days that end without answers. I'll just keep my eyes open and we'll see what happens. I look up. One of the streetlights fades, disappearing as quick as it shone, the light sucked out of it. Life can be so hilarious sometimes I don't have time to laugh.

Look, Papa! Rocks! Right there ahead! We should beware of them as you said.

tag along as usual, her playmates were nowhere to be seen.

How many colors are there in a field of grass to the crawling baby unaware of "green"?

The pleasure of reading a story and wondering what will come next for the hero is a pleasure that has lasted for centuries and, I think, will always be with us.

Man has gone out to explore other worlds and other civilizations without having explored his own labyrinth of dark passages and secret chambers, and without finding what lies behind doorways that he himself has sealed.

Unlike scientism, science in the true sense of the word is open to unbiased investigation of any existing phenomena.

Even his ignorance is encyclopedic.

But what am I going to see? I don't know. In a certain sense, it depends on you.

There are some sleeping dogs that should be left to lie; there are some questions that should not be asked.

Have fun, and learn something.

I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker.

Stanton T. Friedman

Wish my life were inside a book So I could turn to the ending, See if it is a love story Or a gothic disaster.

And if, indeed, there is nothing beyond the corner? Who can affirm if beyond so-called 'reality' anything exists at all? Beyond a reality that I have probably created? As long as I'm steeped in this reality up to my neck, as long as it is sufficient for me—everything is tolerable. But what would happen if I wanted one day to lean out of my safe environment and glance beyond its borders?

Moi qui pour mon malheur ai toujours eu une curiosité passionnée pour les choses de l'esprit...

Nothing gives so keen an edge to the intelligence as a passionate suspicion.

Hiçbir ÅŸey zekay? tutkulu bir kuÅŸku kadar bileyemez. Hiçbir ÅŸey olgunlaÅŸmam?? bir zihnin bütün olanaklar?n? karanl?kta kaybolan bir iz kadar harekete geçiremez.

Hiçbir ÅŸey zekay? tutkulu bir kuÅŸku kadar bileyemez.

We also want to leave our own area behind, our domestic world so well regulated day to day; we are drawn by the desire no longer to be at home and therefore no longer to be ourselves. We want to interrupt a life where we merely exist, in order to live more.

La noticia de la muerte del famoso Duque de Otranto no despierta, de momento, gran curiosidad en el mundo. Únicamente un humo delgado y pálido de recuerdo se levanta fugazmente de su nombre extinguido y se deshace, casi sin dejar rastro, en el cielo apacible del tiempo.

He has no defined destination. All roads are open to his "pensée vagabonde".