Quotes about Curiosity

My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.

I love the wry motto of the Paleontological Society, meant both literally and figuratively, for hammers are the main tool of our trade: Frango ut patefaciam - I break in order to reveal.

Contrary to current cynicism about past golden ages, the abstraction known as 'the intelligent layperson' does exist - in the form of millions of folks with a passionate commitment to continuous learning.

Blessed are those who are not afraid to admit that they don't know something

I think it would be arrogant and borderline foolish to believe there's no other life forms that exist out there.

My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of existence. These little problems help me to do so.

Buy an annuity cheap, and make your life interesting to yourself and everybody else that watches the speculation.

There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.

The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

The most unhappy people in the world are those who face the days without knowing what to do with their time. But if you have more projects than you have time for, you are not going to be an unhappy person. This is as much a question of having imagination and curiosity as it is of actually making plans.

THE GREATEST GIVE YOU CAN GIVE A CHILD IS AN IMAGINATION

When you stop learning you stop living in any vital and meaningful sense.