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"Fear paralyzes; curiosity empowers. Be more interested than afraid."
-Patricia Alexander,Book of Comforts
A sense of curiosity is nature's original school of education.
-Smiley Blanton
Show me a character whose life arouses my curiosity,and my flesh begins crawling with suspense.
-Fawn M. Brodie
Some degree of novelty must be one of the materials in almost every instrument which works upon the mind; and curiosity blends itself,more or less,with all our pleasures.
-Edmund Burke
If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder,he needs the companionship of at least one mature who can share it,rediscovering with him the joy,excitement and mystery of the world we live in.
-Rachel Carson
"Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to the day when he shall no longer cast a shadow in the sun. For if he dies without a question in his heart,what excuse is there for his continuance?"
-Frank Moore Colby,The Colby Essays
Curiosity...endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will.
-Alistair Cooke
Curiosity is free-wheeling intelligence.
-Alistair Cooke
Although there may be nothing new under the sun,what is old is new to us and so rich and astonishing that we never tire of it. If we do tire of it,if we lose our curiosity,we have lost something of infinite value,because to a high degree it is curiosity that gives meaning and savour to life.
-Robertson Davies
If you can approach the world’s complexities,both its glories and its horrors,with an attitude of humble curiosity,acknowledging that however deeply you have seen,you have only just scratched the surface,you will find worlds within worlds,beauties you could not heretofore imagine,and your own mundane preoccupations will shrink to proper size,not all that important in the greater scheme of things.
-Daniel C. Dennett,Breaking the Spell,2006
We keep moving forward,opening new doors,and doing new things,because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
-Walt Disney
"It is,in fact,nothing short of a miracle that modern methods of instruction have not entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant,aside from stimulation,stands mainly in need of freedom; without this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail. It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty."
-Albert Einstein
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity,of life,of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.
-Albert Einstein
Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in daily life that when people are inquisitive they nearly always have bad memories and are usually stupid at bottom.
-E. M. Forster
I suppose the one quality in an astronaut more powerful than any other is curiosity. They have to get some place nobody's ever been.
-John Glenn
Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.
-Samuel Johnson
"There are two sorts of curiosity -- the momentary and the permanent. The momentary is concerned with the odd appearance on the surface of things. The permanent is attracted by the amazing and consecutive life that flows on beneath the surface of things."
-Robert Lynd,Solomon in All His Glory
I think,at a child's birth,if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift,that gift would be curiosity.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
Necessity is the mother of invention" is a silly proverb. "Necessity is the mother of futile dodges" is much closer to the truth. The basis of growth of modern invention is science,and science is almost wholly the outgrowth of pleasurable intellectual curiosity.
-Alfred North Whitehead
"The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism,conscious of this,and having tradesman-like habits,supplies their demands."
-Oscar Wilde.
-Patricia Alexander,Book of Comforts
A sense of curiosity is nature's original school of education.
-Smiley Blanton
Show me a character whose life arouses my curiosity,and my flesh begins crawling with suspense.
-Fawn M. Brodie
Some degree of novelty must be one of the materials in almost every instrument which works upon the mind; and curiosity blends itself,more or less,with all our pleasures.
-Edmund Burke
If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder,he needs the companionship of at least one mature who can share it,rediscovering with him the joy,excitement and mystery of the world we live in.
-Rachel Carson
"Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to the day when he shall no longer cast a shadow in the sun. For if he dies without a question in his heart,what excuse is there for his continuance?"
-Frank Moore Colby,The Colby Essays
Curiosity...endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will.
-Alistair Cooke
Curiosity is free-wheeling intelligence.
-Alistair Cooke
Although there may be nothing new under the sun,what is old is new to us and so rich and astonishing that we never tire of it. If we do tire of it,if we lose our curiosity,we have lost something of infinite value,because to a high degree it is curiosity that gives meaning and savour to life.
-Robertson Davies
If you can approach the world’s complexities,both its glories and its horrors,with an attitude of humble curiosity,acknowledging that however deeply you have seen,you have only just scratched the surface,you will find worlds within worlds,beauties you could not heretofore imagine,and your own mundane preoccupations will shrink to proper size,not all that important in the greater scheme of things.
-Daniel C. Dennett,Breaking the Spell,2006
We keep moving forward,opening new doors,and doing new things,because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
-Walt Disney
"It is,in fact,nothing short of a miracle that modern methods of instruction have not entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant,aside from stimulation,stands mainly in need of freedom; without this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail. It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty."
-Albert Einstein
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity,of life,of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.
-Albert Einstein
Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in daily life that when people are inquisitive they nearly always have bad memories and are usually stupid at bottom.
-E. M. Forster
I suppose the one quality in an astronaut more powerful than any other is curiosity. They have to get some place nobody's ever been.
-John Glenn
Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.
-Samuel Johnson
"There are two sorts of curiosity -- the momentary and the permanent. The momentary is concerned with the odd appearance on the surface of things. The permanent is attracted by the amazing and consecutive life that flows on beneath the surface of things."
-Robert Lynd,Solomon in All His Glory
I think,at a child's birth,if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift,that gift would be curiosity.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
Necessity is the mother of invention" is a silly proverb. "Necessity is the mother of futile dodges" is much closer to the truth. The basis of growth of modern invention is science,and science is almost wholly the outgrowth of pleasurable intellectual curiosity.
-Alfred North Whitehead
"The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism,conscious of this,and having tradesman-like habits,supplies their demands."
-Oscar Wilde.