Quotes About Curiosity

I know the power of discovery.

he referred to Project Blue Book as going from the investigation of the unexplained to the "explanation of the uninvestigated.

Ravenclaw, Andy would say to anyone who asked.

What manner of man is this, or what manner of creature is it in the semblance of man?

Do not fear to think even the most not-probable.

Omne ignotum pro magnifico;

I have learned not to think little of any one's beliefs, no matter how strange it may be. I have tried to keep an open mind, and it is not the ordinary things of life that could close it, but the strange things, the extraordinary things, the things that make one doubt if they be mad or sane.

As yet we know nothing of what goes to create or evoke the active spark of life.

I am glad you found your way in here, for I am sure there is much that will interest you. These companions, and he laid his hand on some of the books, have been good friends to me and for some years past, ever since I had the good idea of going to London, have given me many, many hours of pleasure.

I have learned not to think little of any one's belief, no matter how strange it may be.

It is strange that as yet I have not seen the Count eat or drink. He must be a very peculiar man!

The time is come, I fear, when I must open the parcel, and know what is written.

When his head had disappeared, I leaned out to try and see more, but without avail.

I have tried to keep an open mind; and it is not the ordinary things of life that could close it, but the strange things, the extraordinary things, the things that make one doubt if they be mad or sane.

An explorer cannot stay at home reading maps other men have made.

I no longer feel quite so alarmed when a nonsensical word in my Journal gives rise to a mental image that I cannot account for. Do not be anxious, I tell Myself. It is the House. It is the House enlarging your understanding.

A gentleman in Mr Norell's position with a fine house and a large estate will always be of interest to his neighbors and, unless those neighbors are very stupid, they will always contrive to know a little of what he does.

The first ten books Mr. Segundus looked at were worthless — books of sermons and moralizing from the last century, or descriptions of persons whom no one living cared about. The next fifty were very much the same. He began to think his task would soon be done. But then he stumbled upon some very interesting and unusual works of geology, philosophy and medicine. He began to feel more sanguine.

Strange finished: "People have such odd notions about magicians. They wanted me to tell them about vampyres.

He walked around Mr Norrell slowly, considering him from every angle. Then, most disconcerting of all, he plucked Mr Norrell's wig from his head and looked underneath, as if Mr Norrell were a cooking pot on the fire and he wished to know what was for dinner.

Show me the labyrinth.' 'Gladly. What would you like to see?' 'I don't know', she said. 'Whatever you want to show me. Whatever's most beautiful.' Of course, what I really wanted to show her was everything, but that was impossible.

He has no desire to explore the World. (pg. 49)

The old man was as passionately fond of science as we were. He knew how the World was made and was eager to pass that knowledge on to me.

People ask, How did you get in there? What they really want to know is if they are likely to end up in there as well. I can't answer the real question. All I can tell them is, It's easy.