Quotes about curiosity
curiosity important progress
Only a small part of scientific progress has resulted from planned search for specific objectives. A much more important part has been made possible by the freedom of the individual to follow his own curiosity. Irving Langmuir
curiosity desire scientist
The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth.
curiosity courtesy variance
Curiosity and courtesy are very often at variance. Letitia Elizabeth Landon
curiosity certain
I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward. Rachel McAdams
curiosity tissues woods
With Charles Woods, it was the first time I had ever seen tissue from a dead person used to save a human life. It piqued my curiosity. Joe Murray
curiosity together earth
We may affirm of Mr. Buffon, that which has been said of the chemists of old; though he may have failed in attaining his principal aim, of establishing a theory, yet he has brought together such a multitude of facts relative to the history of the earth, and the nature of its fossil productions, that curiosity finds ample compensation, even while it feels the want of conviction. Oliver Goldsmith
curiosity want fiction
It's probably a form of childish curiosity that keeps me going as a fiction writer. I ... want to open everybody's bureau drawers and see what they keep in there. I'm nosy. Margaret Atwood
curiosity inquiry excellent
It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent. Marcus Tullius Cicero
curiosity intellectual thrill
Hackers are breaking the systems for profit. Before, it was about intellectual curiosity and pursuit of knowledge and thrill, and now hacking is big business. Kevin Mitnick
curiosity satisfying
We are not really spying, we're just satisfying our curiosity. Paul Christopher
curiosity knows
You know what a woman's curiosity is. Oscar Wilde
curiosity catalyst
There is no better catalyst to success than curiosity. Michael Dell
curiosity unbearable hunger
There is a point at which curiosity becomes unbearable, when it becomes an obsession, like hunger. Mary Roberts Rinehart
curiosity important realizing
Looking back, I realize that nurturing curiosity and the instinct to seek solutions are perhaps the most important contributions education can make. Paul Berg
curiosity trying gold
See ye not, Courtesy is the true Alchemy, turning to gold all it touches and tries? George Meredith
curiosity awareness judgment
Value judgments are destructive to our proper business, which is curiosity and awareness. John Cage
curiosity fierce
I had a fierce curiosity about this food thing. Emeril Lagasse
curiosity way businessman
Businessmen go down with their businesses because they like the old way so well they cannot change. Henry Ford
curiosity wonder staring
She had an immense curiosity about life, and was constantly staring and wondering. Henry James
curiosity littles may
Who forces himself on others is to himself a load. Impetuous curiosity is empty and inconstant. Prying intrusion may be suspected of whatever is little. Johann Kaspar Lavater
curiosity scandal
Curiosity engenders both science and scandal. Mason Cooley
curiosity assets
Curiosity is an asset mostly frittered away.
curiosity hundred
I am interested in a hundred things, but only slightly.
curiosity body gloating
An impersonal and scientific knowledge of the structure of our bodies is the surest safeguard against prurient curiosity and lascivious gloating. Marie Stopes
curiosity matter serious
When curiosity turns to serious matters, it's called research. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
curiosity interest insatiable
My own curiosity and interest are insatiable. Emma Lazarus
curiosity
I'm full of curiosity. Sienna Miller
curiosity looks assumption
Be a sponge. Curiosity is life. Assumption is death. Look around. Mark Parker
curiosity want firsts
Fundamentalist is a person who considers whether a fact is acceptable to their faith before they explore it. As opposed to a curious person who explores first and then considers whether or not they want to accept the ramifications. Seth Godin
curiosity intellectual desire
Intellectual curiosity about one's own illness is certainly born of a desire for mastery. If I couldn't cure myself, perhaps I could at least begin to understand myself. Siri Hustvedt
curiosity antidote
Curiosity is a great antidote to fear. Meredith Monk
curiosity weapons enough
Just out of curiosity, how many weapons are in that thing? (Kiara) Enough to make me happy. (Nykyrian) Sherrilyn Kenyon
curiosity bagels choke
Just out of curiosity, can an immortal choke to death on a bagel? (Francesca)