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Ray Bradbury is one who is contributing to the understanding of the imagination and the curiosity of the human race. — Buzz Aldrin

Curiosity often plagued my soul more than I could bear. — Lindsay Eland

It is really this that makes death so hard - curiosity unsatisfied. — Beryl Markham

No doubt, then, that a free curiosity has more force in our learning these things, than a frightful enforcement. — Augustine Of Hippo

The development of a child is guaranteed in his curiosity to discover the cause behind each and every incident. — Narendra Modi

If I have a theological virtue, it is curiosity or inquisitiveness. — Jurgen Moltmann

If spectacle is lacking in everyday life, it may be because we have forgotten where and how to look. — Nel Noddings

The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth. — Irving Langmuir

Curiosity also makes a great student. — Gemma Malley

Amusement and annoyance are, perhaps, both forms of denial. — Paul C. Nagel

Every adventure requires a compass, curiosity, a journey, a creative mind and someone willing to play. — Shannon L. Alder

Most people aren't overly afflicted with curiosity. It separates the creative and the tormented from the rest of the pack. - — Jonathan Kellerman

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

A life of leisure never satisfies anyone who possesses a lively mind. — Kilroy J. Oldster

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity. — George Bernard Shaw

Christianity has enriched the erotic meal with the appetizer of curiosity and spoiled it with the dessert of remorse. — Karl Kraus

Man's curiosity drives him to seek the answer to every question. But it's the unanswered questions that are the most exciting. — George R R Martin

I asked the question for the best reason possible, for the only reason, indeed, that excuses anyone for asking any question - simple curiosity. — Oscar Wilde

Kids are born curious about the world. What adults primarily do in the presence of kids is unwittingly thwart the curiosity of children. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

[History is] the story of the magnificent rear-guard action fought during several thousand years by dogma against curiosity. — Robert Staughton Lynd

You know what a woman's curiosity is. — Oscar Wilde

Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty. — Victor Hugo

The over curious are not over wise. — Philip Massinger

Academic library collections are designed to support critical thinking, skepticism about the known, and curiosity about the unknown. — Wayne Bivens-Tatum

Teaching can be learning, especially if student curiosity with the question 'What's going on here?' can be elicited. — Oliver E. Williamson

When we take a slight survey of the surface of our globe a thousand objects offer themselves which, though long known, yet still demand our curiosity. — Oliver Goldsmith

Sidious rejected outrage and intimidation for rankled curiosity. Is this the point where I'm expected to ask why I've been abducted? — James Luceno

Curiosity is a strong fire, and once ignited, it is not easily put out. — Susan Dennard

Failure is a great teacher; but never insist on hiring one for yourself. Learn vicariously from others' teachers. — Ashok Kallarakkal

Coming from a business family, she shied away from abstractions. — Stephen L. Carter

Answers were always important, but they were seldom easy. — Patrick Rothfuss

I'm fat because I'm greedy, and if my mind is fat it's because I'm curious. — Stephen Fry

Curiosity improved the cat — Brandon Nankivell

My hunger and curiosity drive me forward in all directions at once. — Henry Miller

He wrote as a young man that God's noblest gift was the gift of an inquiring mind. — John Adams

Surprises always await for those with the energy and curiosity to look; so always look. Stay surprised and live forever. — Garry Fitchett

Mere curiosity adds wings to every step. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

If you're curious, you'll probably be a good journalist because we follow our curiosity like cats. — Diane Sawyer

Intelligence comes with hard work and curiosity for the unknown. — Roberto Llamas

It's the curiosity that drives me. It's making a difference in the world that prevents me from ever giving up. — Deborah Meier

He who would pry behind the scenes oft sees a counterfeit. — John Dryden

Fear is the enemy of curiosity. — Warren Berger

We are driven by the usual insatiable curiosity of the scientist, and our work is a delightful game. — Murray Gell-Mann

This disease of curiosity. — Augustine Of Hippo

Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. What people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity. — Aaron Swartz

I realize I was more of a curiosity to the older Nashville artists than the new ones. — Charley Pride

Jefferson was the rare student who came to college already knowing that there could be joy in studying. — John Ferling

If we knew what is already there, there will be no need for research. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I would really like to know", he said with genuine curiosity. "The next time I kill someone, I'd like to do it in a way that doesn't freak you out. — Ilona Andrews

Fate is a lazy man's excuse for avoiding curiosity. — Brian Farrey

See ye not, Courtesy is the true Alchemy, turning to gold all it touches and tries? — George Meredith

There are two things men have never been able to satisfy: their curiosity and their greed. — George Lucas

I don't know what is behind the curtain; only that I need to find out. — Richard Paul Evans

Change your mindset to value curiosity, rather than thinking that you know it all. — Magnus Steele

Curiosity is the primary fuel that drives lifelong education. — Dhaval Gajera

Know-it-all", another name
used by (some) who would shame
Feeling bad about their
own lack in vivacity
of curiosity. — Cheri Bauer

Curiosity is the ultimate beauty of an adventurous mind. — Debasish Mridha

The day we stop exploring is the day we commit ourselves to live in a stagnant world, devoid of curiosity, empty of dreams. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living. — Albert Einstein

What a large volume of adventures may be grasped within the span of his little life by him who interests his heart in everything. — Laurence Sterne

So curious you must be. Like little calves poking their heads through the fence with big eyes and a headful of curiosity. — Carew Papritz

Experience each moment as if it were the first sensation of its kind ever. Bring childlike interest and curiosity to your present-time experience. — Noah Levine

I just wish Mary Elizabeth would ask me questions other than What's up? — Stephen Chbosky

But whoever is a genuine follower of Truth, keeps his eye steady upon his guide, indifferent whither he is led, provided that she is the leader. — Edmund Burke

I appreciate a book intended to be judged by its cover. The insincere readers are often weeded out while the sincere readers remain curious. — Criss Jami

Curiosity killed the cat, you know, but satisfaction brought him back snap-ass happy. — Stephen King

We must have sinned greatly, at some juncture long buried in our protozoic past, to deserve such a universe — John Updike

It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense. — E.A. Bucchianeri

My parents were always very supportive and accepting. They even shared my curiosity for life, or perhaps I theirs. — Jason Mraz

Reading Encyclopaedia Britannica is like channel surfing on a very highbrow cable system. — A. J. Jacobs

It frightens me to imagine the state of learning in this world if everyone had your driving curiosity. — Jerome Lawrence

Curiosity is a terrible thing, he was thinking. How is it possible to stop oneself from needing to know? — Brian Evenson

Being hurt personally triggered a curiosity about how such beliefs are formed. — Philip G. Zimbardo

As a reader I loathe introductions ... Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity. — Harper Lee

Characters carrying the playwright's disapproval is a un-Shakespearian burden. — Harold Bloom

An impersonal and scientific knowledge of the structure of our bodies is the surest safeguard against prurient curiosity and lascivious gloating. — Marie Stopes

Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts. — Clarence Day Jr.

My first, and most lasting, addiction has always been to the obsessive study of any matter that took hold of my curiosity. — Andrew Davidson

The years return us gradually to the afflictions and shames of childhood, it is a curiosity of existence. — Sebastian Barry

Sometimes, insatiable curiosity and compassion are all that life requires of us. — James Qualls

Curiosity is the beginning and end of secrets. — Mario Bencastro

He read as much as his curiosity demanded - which is to say all — Henry Miller

Be interested yourself, and you will interest others. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Now you've peaked my curiosity." Rachel folded her arms over her chest. — Anonymous

burning with curiosity — Lewis Carroll

Curiosity has its own reason for existence. — Albert Einstein

We can learn to meet whatever arises with curiosity and not make it such a big deal. — Pema Chodron

I think life is about having the mixture of the curiosity of an older person and the imagination of a child. — Daphne Guinness

Curiosity can be as dangerous as a butterfly hovering over a flame. — Nancy B. Brewer

We just wanted to see whose dick was in yer mouth. Call it curiosity. — Jason Medina

We destroy things with our curiosity. We shatter with our best intentions — Lauren DeStefano

Inventive genius requires pleasurable mental activity as a condition for its vigorous exercise — Alfred North Whitehead

I've grown more OK with mystery as I've gotten older. — Matt Chandler

I'm glad the Cube is reaching new generations, who face it with fresh wonder, curiosity and enthusiasm. — Erno Rubik

My between-books strategy was reading voraciously and on a whim. — Erik Larson

Let's just say I was testing the bounds of reality. I was curious to see what would happen. That's all it was: just curiosity. — Jim Morrison

An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment. — David Attenborough

Suspense combines curiosity with fear and pulls them up a rising slope. — Mason Cooley

Why-why-why! ... Ask it of everything your mind touches, and let you mind touch everything! — Ann Fairbairn

Society always has problems with anyone who combines courage and curiosity with a strong belief in oneself. — Protima Bedi