462 quotes found
“Every self-respecting act of persuasion must find appeal to curiosity, then to vanity, and lastly to kindness or remorse. Isabella looked down and slowly nodded.”
“Blessed are the curious, for they shall have adventures.”
“And yet does the appetite for new days ever really cease?”
“We must have sinned greatly, at some juncture long buried in our protozoic past, to deserve such a universe”
“My favorite words in the world are t”
“Texts on a lifeless strings of facts, but the keys to unlocking the character of human beings, people with likes and dislikes, diocese and foibles, errors and convictions. Words have texture and sh...”
“That's Third Thoughts for you. When a huge rock is going to land on your head, they're the thoughts that think: Is that an igneous rock, such as granite, or is it sandstone?”
“It's part of a writer's job to be nosy about everything.”
“The English philosopher Michael Oakeshott notes that one of the signs of being cold today is that one knows what one doesn't have to know.”
“Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.”
“Running wild in a field of exclamations, chasing question marks”
“What I think is a different matter. Maybe I think some rather curious thingsbut until thinking's got you somewhere it's no use talking about it.”
“A life of leisure never satisfies anyone who possesses a lively mind.”
“All knowledge begins with an expression of curiosity pertaining to the unknown or unknowable. Expressions of uncertainty and a doubtful nature lead a person to useful discoveries.”
“A person who wants to know everything eventually comes to a stage where his/her curiosity of knowing everything comes to an end and that is the stage of Enlightenment.”
“Science is about our passionate conviction that we are placed within a universe that is not simply the result of our imaginings, and our longing and determination to understand it. Ultimately, scie...”
“Unfortunately, I also found out the hard way in my youth. But I guess that's how most learning is done, isn't it?”
“Education is free. Though the education I refer to is not confined to a stuffy old building that still manages to retain its charm dont get me wrong, I love my school but its out there in the rea...”
“Ignorance may be bliss, but only if it outweighs curiosity. Curiosity is a gateway drug to sympathy.”
“She may never be someone ANYONE can understand. But she will always be worth the wait.”
