“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” -William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)
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“When you’re curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.” -Walt Disney (Walter Elias ‘Walt’ Disney (1901 - 1965))
“Be aware of wonder. And then remember the, “Dick and Jane,” books and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all - look.” -Robert Fulghum (Robert Lee Fulghum (born 1937))
“Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness.” -Bryant McGill (Bryant H. McGill (born 1969))
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Patrice: You’re a real curiosity - did you know that?
Shaun: Well, thank you, though I doubt if you shall ever solve me.
Inquisitive Lad
There once was a boy of Bagdad,
An inquisitive sort of a lad.
He said, “I will see
If a sting has a bee.”
And he very soon found that it had!
by Author Unknown
“Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.” -James Stephens (1880 - 1950)
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“I would rather live in a world where life is surrounded by mystery, than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878 - 1969): “Riverside Sermons” (1958)
“Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why.” -Bernard Baruch (1870 - 1965)
“Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.” -Pema Chödrön (born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown in 1936)
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“Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you; you must acquire it.” -Sudie Back (Sudie Elizabeth Back Sattler (born 1973))
“A good scientist is a person in whom the childhood quality of perennial curiosity lingers on. Once he gets an answer, he has other questions.” -Frederick Seitz (1911 - 2008)
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“A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): as quoted in James Boswell, editor: “Life of Samuel Johnson” (1791), Volume I: ‘Letters to and from Dr. Samuel Johnson’
“She sat down in a weed patch, her elbows on her knees, and kept her eyes on the small mysterious world of the ground. In the shade and sun of grass blade forests, small living things had their metropolis.” -Nancy Price
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“When you’re curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.” -Walt Disney (Walter Elias ‘Walt’ Disney (1901 - 1965))
“Be aware of wonder. And then remember the, “Dick and Jane,” books and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all - look.” -Robert Fulghum (Robert Lee Fulghum (born 1937))
“Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness.” -Bryant McGill (Bryant H. McGill (born 1969))
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Patrice: You’re a real curiosity - did you know that?
Shaun: Well, thank you, though I doubt if you shall ever solve me.
Inquisitive Lad
There once was a boy of Bagdad,
An inquisitive sort of a lad.
He said, “I will see
If a sting has a bee.”
And he very soon found that it had!
by Author Unknown
“Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.” -James Stephens (1880 - 1950)
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“I would rather live in a world where life is surrounded by mystery, than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878 - 1969): “Riverside Sermons” (1958)
“Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why.” -Bernard Baruch (1870 - 1965)
“Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.” -Pema Chödrön (born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown in 1936)
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“Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you; you must acquire it.” -Sudie Back (Sudie Elizabeth Back Sattler (born 1973))
“A good scientist is a person in whom the childhood quality of perennial curiosity lingers on. Once he gets an answer, he has other questions.” -Frederick Seitz (1911 - 2008)
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“A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): as quoted in James Boswell, editor: “Life of Samuel Johnson” (1791), Volume I: ‘Letters to and from Dr. Samuel Johnson’
“She sat down in a weed patch, her elbows on her knees, and kept her eyes on the small mysterious world of the ground. In the shade and sun of grass blade forests, small living things had their metropolis.” -Nancy Price
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“Leave no stone unturned.” -Euripides (about 480 B.C.E. - about 406 B.C.E.)
“To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: ‘Leave no stone unturned.’” -Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton (1803 - 1873)
“The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.” -Isaac Asimov (1919 - 1992)
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“Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected.” -Sophocles (496 B.C.E. - 406 B.C.E.)
“Replace fear of the unknown with curiosity” -Author Unknown
“Man is incurably curious; his desire to know and to understand is the mainspring of invention, discovery, civilization, progress, the driving force, which leads then to learning.” -Author Unknown
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“Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of vigorous minds.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): “The Rambler” (1750 - 1752), No. 103 (12 March 1751)
“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 (Robert Wilson Lynd (1879 - 1949))
“Curiosity is the forerunner of discovery.” -Richard Duke
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” -Carl Sagan (Carl Edward Sagan (1934 - 1996))
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“The place where you lose the trail is not necessarily the place where it ends.” -Tom Brown, Junior (born 1950): “The Tracker” (1978)
“He who asks a question may be a fool for five minutes but he who never asks a question remains a fool forever.” -Tom J. Connelly
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“Curiosity makes scientists of us all.” -Alan Howard Cottrell (1919 - 2012)
“The Quest Quotient has always interested me more than the Intelligence Quotient.” -Eugene S. Wilson (Eugene Smith ‘Bill’ Wilson, Junior (1905 - 1981)): as quoted in “Reader’s Digest” (April 1968)
“If you are curious, you’ll find the puzzles around you. If you are determined, you will solve them.” -Erno Rubik
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“The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.” -Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
“One half of the World wonders how the other lives.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, Wise Sentences, and Witty Sayings” (1732), number 3758
Elmo: Who crossed the road and left everyone wanting an explanation?
Eva: The chicken.
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“To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: ‘Leave no stone unturned.’” -Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton (1803 - 1873)
“The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.” -Isaac Asimov (1919 - 1992)
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“Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected.” -Sophocles (496 B.C.E. - 406 B.C.E.)
“Replace fear of the unknown with curiosity” -Author Unknown
“Man is incurably curious; his desire to know and to understand is the mainspring of invention, discovery, civilization, progress, the driving force, which leads then to learning.” -Author Unknown
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“Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of vigorous minds.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): “The Rambler” (1750 - 1752), No. 103 (12 March 1751)
“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 (Robert Wilson Lynd (1879 - 1949))
“Curiosity is the forerunner of discovery.” -Richard Duke
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” -Carl Sagan (Carl Edward Sagan (1934 - 1996))
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“The place where you lose the trail is not necessarily the place where it ends.” -Tom Brown, Junior (born 1950): “The Tracker” (1978)
“He who asks a question may be a fool for five minutes but he who never asks a question remains a fool forever.” -Tom J. Connelly
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“Curiosity makes scientists of us all.” -Alan Howard Cottrell (1919 - 2012)
“The Quest Quotient has always interested me more than the Intelligence Quotient.” -Eugene S. Wilson (Eugene Smith ‘Bill’ Wilson, Junior (1905 - 1981)): as quoted in “Reader’s Digest” (April 1968)
“If you are curious, you’ll find the puzzles around you. If you are determined, you will solve them.” -Erno Rubik
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“The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.” -Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
“One half of the World wonders how the other lives.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, Wise Sentences, and Witty Sayings” (1732), number 3758
Elmo: Who crossed the road and left everyone wanting an explanation?
Eva: The chicken.
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“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 should be curiosity.” -Eleanor Roosevelt (Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962))
“Being curious is like giving yourself a present whenever you want one.” -Author Unknown
“When curiosity turns to serious matters, it’s called research.” -Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (also known as Marie Ebner von Eschenbach (1830 - 1916))
“I’m naturally curious, and I’ve always been driven by my curiosity. Curiosity gets people excited. Curiosity leads to new ideas, new jobs, new industries.” -Anne Sweeney
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“Curious people are interesting people; I wonder why that is.” -Bill Maher
“Curiosity is the most powerful thing you own.” -James Cameron
“Never lose your curiosity.” -Author Unknown
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“People say: idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle.” -Leo Rosten (1908 - 1997)
“The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.” -Anatole France (pseudonym of Jacques Anatole François Thibault (1844 - 1924))
“Things that people learn purely out of curiosity can have a revolutionary effect on human affairs.” -Frederick Seitz (1911 - 2008): in an interview (3 September 1997) for the George C. Marshall Institute
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“Increasingly, I feel curiosity and an eagerness to learn is the most crucial skill in life. If you’re not curious, I’m not sure if there is much others can do to help you. But if you’re eager to learn, even if you aren’t particularly talented, then so much is possible.” -James Clear
“A sense of curiosity is nature’s original school of education.” -Smiley Blanton
“Curiosity is the beginning of all wisdom.” -Françoise Sagan
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“Curiosity is what separates us from the cabbages. It’s accelerative. The more we know, the more we want to know.” -David McCullough
“All men by nature desire to know. An indication of this is the delight we take in our senses; for even apart from their usefulness they are loved for themselves; and above all others the sense of sight. For not only with a view to action, but even when we are not going to do anything, we prefer sight to almost everything else. The reason is that this, most of all the senses, makes us know and brings to light many differences between things.” -Aristotle (284 B.C.E. - 322 B.C.E.): “Metaphysics,” Book I, chapter 1: opening paragraph
“Curiosity is a mind in search of knowledge.” -Anatole France (pseudonym of Jacques Anatole François Thibault (1844 - 1924))
“Curiosity is life.” -Mark Parker
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“Being curious is like giving yourself a present whenever you want one.” -Author Unknown
“When curiosity turns to serious matters, it’s called research.” -Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (also known as Marie Ebner von Eschenbach (1830 - 1916))
“I’m naturally curious, and I’ve always been driven by my curiosity. Curiosity gets people excited. Curiosity leads to new ideas, new jobs, new industries.” -Anne Sweeney
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“Curious people are interesting people; I wonder why that is.” -Bill Maher
“Curiosity is the most powerful thing you own.” -James Cameron
“Never lose your curiosity.” -Author Unknown
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“People say: idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle.” -Leo Rosten (1908 - 1997)
“The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.” -Anatole France (pseudonym of Jacques Anatole François Thibault (1844 - 1924))
“Things that people learn purely out of curiosity can have a revolutionary effect on human affairs.” -Frederick Seitz (1911 - 2008): in an interview (3 September 1997) for the George C. Marshall Institute
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“Increasingly, I feel curiosity and an eagerness to learn is the most crucial skill in life. If you’re not curious, I’m not sure if there is much others can do to help you. But if you’re eager to learn, even if you aren’t particularly talented, then so much is possible.” -James Clear
“A sense of curiosity is nature’s original school of education.” -Smiley Blanton
“Curiosity is the beginning of all wisdom.” -Françoise Sagan
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“Curiosity is what separates us from the cabbages. It’s accelerative. The more we know, the more we want to know.” -David McCullough
“All men by nature desire to know. An indication of this is the delight we take in our senses; for even apart from their usefulness they are loved for themselves; and above all others the sense of sight. For not only with a view to action, but even when we are not going to do anything, we prefer sight to almost everything else. The reason is that this, most of all the senses, makes us know and brings to light many differences between things.” -Aristotle (284 B.C.E. - 322 B.C.E.): “Metaphysics,” Book I, chapter 1: opening paragraph
“Curiosity is a mind in search of knowledge.” -Anatole France (pseudonym of Jacques Anatole François Thibault (1844 - 1924))
“Curiosity is life.” -Mark Parker
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“Curiosity is the one thing invincible in nature.” -Freya Stark (Freya Madeline Stark (1893 - 1993))
“Isn’t it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive - it’s such an interesting world. It wouldn’t be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, would it? There’d be no scope for imagination then, would there?” -L. M. Montgomery (Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874 - 1942)): “Anne of Green Gables” (June 1908), Chapter 2; line spoken by fictional character Anne
“Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.” -Leo Burnett (1891 - 1971)
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“Satisfaction of one’s curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.” -Linus Pauling (Linus Carl Pauling (1901 - 1994))
“Be curious, not judgmental.” -Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
“All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind.” -Martin H. Fischer
“What drove me and kept me going over the decades? If I had to use a single word, it would be ‘curiosity’.” -Eve Arnold (1912 - 2012)
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“Curiosity is the real teacher.” -Anatole France (pseudonym of Jacques Anatole François Thibault (1844 - 1924))
“The moment that one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious and awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.” -Henry Miller (Henry Valentine Miller (1891 - 1980))
“‘Curiouser and curiouser!’ cried Alice.” -Lewis Carroll (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898)): “Alice in Wonderland” (1865), Chapter II
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“Isn’t it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive - it’s such an interesting world. It wouldn’t be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, would it? There’d be no scope for imagination then, would there?” -L. M. Montgomery (Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874 - 1942)): “Anne of Green Gables” (June 1908), Chapter 2; line spoken by fictional character Anne
“Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.” -Leo Burnett (1891 - 1971)
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“Satisfaction of one’s curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.” -Linus Pauling (Linus Carl Pauling (1901 - 1994))
“Be curious, not judgmental.” -Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
“All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind.” -Martin H. Fischer
“What drove me and kept me going over the decades? If I had to use a single word, it would be ‘curiosity’.” -Eve Arnold (1912 - 2012)
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“Curiosity is the real teacher.” -Anatole France (pseudonym of Jacques Anatole François Thibault (1844 - 1924))
“The moment that one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious and awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.” -Henry Miller (Henry Valentine Miller (1891 - 1980))
“‘Curiouser and curiouser!’ cried Alice.” -Lewis Carroll (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898)): “Alice in Wonderland” (1865), Chapter II
This is MFOL! . . . the website for anyone who has ever been told that he or she is a real curiosity . . . which is what all exceptional people are . . .
