Curiosity Quotes

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 Ess

Be not curious in unnecessary matters: for more things are shrewd unto thee than men understand.

Bible

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

Voltaire

There is nothing left of him but curiosity and a pair of eyes.

Kurt Vonnegut

The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.

Samuel Johnson

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

George Bernard Shaw

It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.

Blaise Pascal

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

To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of oneself is ridiculous.

Plato

Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers.

Voltaire

Fear paralyzes; curiosity empowers. Be more interested than afraid.

Patricia Alexander, Book of Comf

The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

All that is really necessary for survival of the fittest, it seems, is an interest in life, good, bad or peculiar.

Grace Paley

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