Quotes About Curiosity

On earth, we get the what of things. The why takes a little longer.

ÎÈ›i poÈ›i imagina s? ai un timp infinit la dispoziÈ›ie pentru a înv??a?

and his mind raced ahead of him, beckoning him to follow.

Who was this stranger, LeFleur

It is said that the earliest spark for the telephone came when Alexander Bell was still in his teens. He noticed how, if he sang a certain note near an open piano, the string of that note would vibrate, as if singing back to him. He sang an A; the A string shook. The idea of connecting voices through a wire was born.

blurt out was "Why?

It is said that the earliest spark for the telephone came when Alexander Bell was still in his teens. He noticed how, if he sang a certain note near an open piano, the string of that note would vibrate, as if singing back to him. He sang an A; the A string shook. The idea of connecting voices through a wire was born. But it was not a new idea. We call out; we are answered. It has been that way from the beginning of belief, and it continues to this very moment

Actually, it is amazing how much can be learned about people from the books they own.

If one had asked Manucci during his days as a street urchin, as he sat, in defiance of municipal orders, astride the gun Zam-Zammah, Manucci would probably have said that ACs were hot. The first time he saw one jutting out into the street from the wall of a shop in the old city, he walked up to the noisy box and was amazed at the blast of hot air it sent straight into his face. Why do people turn on hot air in the middle of summer? he often wondered.

In America, the murky, unknown places of the world are blank screens:

Harriet, an atheist, was championing the rights of true believers. She could argue anything, any position. Yasmin—despite her sinking feeling—admired the way Harriet's mind darted, her panoramic intellect, her insatiable curiosity. Ma and Baba had a new thought only once a decade. That was probably an overestimate. Their views never changed. Baba had no time for religion and now was the time for him to say so out loud. Come on, Baba! Speak!

Smithsonian magazine, July 2001, page 55.)

Que sçais-je? (What do I know?)

If I encounter difficulties in reading, I do not gnaw my nails over them; I leave them there. I do nothing without gaiety.

You must tackle books that are beyond you, or, as we have said, books that are over your head. Only books of that sort will make you stretch your mind. And unless you stretch, you will not learn.

As Thomas Hobbes said, "If I read as many books as most men do, I would be as dull-witted as they are.

TURN THE PAGES, DIPPING IN HERE AND THERE, READING A PARAGRAPH OR TWO, SOMETIMES SEVERAL PAGES IN SEQUENCE, NEVER MORE THAN THAT.

Human beings are curious, and especially curious about other human beings.

A mind not agitated by good questions cannot appreciate the significance of even the best answers. It is easy enough to learn the answers. But to develop actively inquisitive minds, alive with real questions, profound questions—that is another story.

The undemanding reader asks no questions-and gets no answers.

At various times in the history of education, a distinction has been made between learning through instruction and learning through discovery.

2. STUDY THE TABLE OF CONTENTS

6. Finally, TURN THE PAGES, DIPPING IN HERE AND THERE, READING A PARAGRAPH OR TWO, SOMETIMES SEVERAL PAGES IN SEQUENCE, NEVER MORE THAN THAT.

Ask questions while you read—questions that you yourself must try to answer in the course of reading.