Curiosity quotes
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"[In school] I encountered authority of a different kind than I had ever encountered before, and I did not like it. And they really almost got me. They came close to really beating any curiosity out of me."
"Curiosity is the beginning of all wisdom."
"I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane."
"Not curiosity, not vanity, not the consideration of expediency, not duty and conscientiousness, but an unquenchable, unhappy thirst that brooks no compromise leads us to truth."
"A baboon in a forest is a matter of legitimate speculation; a baboon in a zoo is an object of public curiosity; but a baboon in your wife’s bed is a cause of the gravest concern."
"Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion."
"Understanding is a kind of ecstasy"
"Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret."
"Develop into a lifelong self-learner through voracious reading; cultivate curiosity and strive to become a little wiser every day."
"I've always been a student of different ways of looking at the world, different religions. That's been part of my survival mechanism, and also part of my curiosity as a person."
"Hold tight to the mentality of being a student, meaning hold on to curiosity and approach life as a student."
"Curiosity, especially intellectual inquisitiveness, is what separates the truly alive from those who are merely going through the motions."
"You will get the most attention from those who hate you. No friend, no admirer and no partner will flatter you with as much curiosity."
"Irrepressible curiosity vied with an instinctive fear."
"The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race."
"Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. Why? Because it is all we ever have."
"Curiosity is a delicate little plant that, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom."
"Much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on."
"Knowledge of the oceans is more than a matter of curiosity. Our very survival may hinge upon it."
"I am that gadfly which God has attached to the state, and all day long and in all places am always fastening upon you, arousing and persuading and reproaching you."
