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Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

Quotes by Zora Neale Hurston

I think that everybody should go out there and test their curiosity, find a haunted place.

Quotes by Zak Bagans

For me, when I think of curiosity on television, a lot of times my childhood was shaped by shows on PBS that encouraged and embraced curiosity.

Quotes by Wyatt Cenac

The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, and that to the habit of examining all things in search of food.

Quotes by William Winwood Reade

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.

Quotes by William Samuel Johnson

One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.

Quotes by William Lyon Phelps

I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.

Quotes by Waris Ahluwalia

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

Walt Disney

In the tech world, you can reel off great products in several ways. You can have the once-in-a-lifetime gut instincts of a Steve Jobs. You can have the brainiac coding skills of a Bill Gates, Larry Page, or Sergey Brin. Or, I learned, you can have the deep intellectual curiosity and stubbornness of a Jeff Bezos.

Quotes by Walt Mossberg

Hack fiction exploits curiosity without really satisfying it or making connections between it and anything else in the world.

Quotes by Vincent Canby

Basically, life isn't just about eating and partying - we need to figure out unique ways in which we can add to our curiosity levels, besides satisfying the wanderer in us.

Quotes by Varun Sharma

I'm talking about enjoying and finding pleasure and interest and happiness and curiosity every moment.

Quotes by Valerie Harper

As a print journalist, you can be frustrated by people who don't call you back, parts of the story you can't get. TV gets you access to everyone because people call you back. It also allows you to satisfy your curiosity. I am a very curious person.

Quotes by Tucker Carlson

My choice of learning pharmacy was driven by my interests, curiosity, and a desire to seek new medicines for patients.

Quotes by Tu Youyou

'Carnival Row' is us looking at the stranger; 'The Curiosity' is the stranger looking at us.

Quotes by Travis Beacham

Intellectual and emotional curiosity is what I hope I've taught my children.

Quotes by Tony Robinson

I had this unusual mix of curiosity, the ability to write in ways people understood, and when I appeared, viewers seemed to trust me to get them through some cataclysmic changes.

Quotes by Tom Brokaw

The music and everything we're doing on the stage and on television backs itself up. If that's what gets people's curiosity going or brings their attention to us, that's fine.

Quotes by Tina Yothers

In a crazy world where he would get nominated, I'd like to see Obama run against Herman Cain. That would be fantastic. If Herman Cain became president, there'd be a certain sort of morbid curiosity for me.

Quotes by Tim Heidecker

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

Quotes by Thomas Hobbes

While I don't satisfy my curiosity about the way I work, I'm terribly curious about the way other poets work. But I would think that's true about many of us.

Quotes by Thom Gunn

I have a curiosity that compels me to find ways to make music that are fresh and new.

Quotes by The Edge

The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask question and have a sense of wonder. They have curiosity. 'Who, what, where, why, when, and how!' They never stop asking questions, and I never stop asking questions, just like a five year old.

Quotes by Sylvia Earle

Many a secret that cannot be pried out by curiosity can be drawn out by indifference.

Quotes by Sydney J. Harris

How do you show off the most anticipated product in years? That was my dilemma with the iPhone X. Since my unit was one of the first few released into the wild, it naturally drew a lot of curiosity when I pulled it out of my pocket and gave it a dewy-eyed glance to wake it from slumber.

Quotes by Steven Levy

A neutrino comes into a detector, and most of the time, you don't see it. But very, very seldom, it will satisfy your curiosity and interact.

Quotes by Stanley Wojcicki

Doing a documentary is about discovering, being open, learning, and following curiosity.

Quotes by Spike Jonze

I'm full of curiosity.

Quotes by Sienna Miller

People want to know about what's going on with what's in the universe, what are particles like, what are the basic rules of nature. It's a lot of curiosity out there.

Quotes by Sheldon Lee Glashow

I was lucky enough at a young age to find out what I had a passion for, but whatever you've got a curiosity for, just give it a shot.

Quotes by Seth Rollins

I think the curiosity of mankind, that we want something unknown. Like, 500 years ago, humankind wanted to know what the other side of the ocean is, and it was a very risky project, and then we decided that probably we can fly; let's fly higher. And now we're flying space station, and still it's not enough for us: we want to know what's beyond.

Quotes by Sergey Volkov

To me, having the courage to tell your own story goes hand in hand with having the curiosity and humility to listen to others' stories.

Quotes by Sarah Kay

What we want to tell, we wish our friend to have curiosity to hear.

Quotes by Samuel Richardson

Wonder, connected with a principle of rational curiosity, is the source of all knowledge and discover, and it is a principle even of piety; but wonder which ends in wonder, and is satisfied with wonder, is the quality of an idiot.

Quotes by Samuel Horsley

Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.

Quotes by Samuel Alexander

Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is no parent left to tell them.

Quotes by Russell Baker

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.

Quotes by Robert Wilson Lynd

I write as a way of keeping myself going. You build your life around writing, and it's what gets you through. So it's partly just curiosity to see what you can do.

Quotes by Robert Morgan

It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.

Quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson

For me, the real pleasure in writing is in having an excuse to pursue my curiosity about people who have meant something to me.

Quotes by Robert Gottlieb

I'm into old-time music; I'm not very interested in modern, popular music at all. And if I'm really into some particular old-time musician, some fiddler or banjo player, I'm always dying of curiosity to see what they look like. So there's some connection between visual images and music.

Quotes by Robert Crumb

In a house where there are small children the bathroom soon takes on the appearance of the Old Curiosity Shop.

Quotes by Robert Benchley

It is an interesting fact that during my tour I was never allowed access to computers, radios, or anything else that I might damage through curiosity, or perhaps something more sinister.

Quotes by Robert B. Laughlin

I think probably with any performer, but maybe with rock music especially, the audience wants to see the singer being real, and exploring, and not doing a rehearsed routine, so I'm just constantly looking for new things to try. I'm really curious out there, and my curiosity has led me into all kinds of bizarre situations.

Quotes by Rivers Cuomo

Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.

Quotes by Richard Whately

The 'information novel' shouldn't be a curiosity. It should be absolutely mainstream.

Quotes by Richard Powers

My job is to have empathy and curiosity for things that I've never done. Also, I'm a person whom people talk to.

Quotes by Richard Ford

I suppose I've always had a very genuine curiosity about religion. I loved the atmosphere of churches, the ethos; I adored Evensong.

Quotes by Richard Coles

My most important quality or property is curiosity. And that had its beginning in what I was going to do with my life.

Quotes by Richard Artschwager

I've always been inspired by artists who have shown musical and intellectual curiosity and the courage to take risks.

Quotes by Renee Fleming

Since most heroes are doing villainous roles these days, that thrill is lost. Earlier, there used to be a hero, a heroine, a villain and such. The villain's entry would generate a lot of curiosity among the audience back then.

Quotes by Ranjeet

Our human face happens to be one of the most powerful channels that we all use to communicate social and emotional states: everything from enjoyment, surprise, empathy, and curiosity.

Quotes by Rana el Kaliouby

What really matters is your movies and how good a person you are. Otherwise, tabloids and news channels writing about you only builds your curiosity and stardom and propels you to reach wider places.

Quotes by Ranbir Kapoor

I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward.

Quotes by Rachel McAdams

As a filmmaker, my approach is to come in not with preconceived notions, but with curiosity, and in that way, whether my subjects are James Carville or Anna Wintour or Dick Cheney, I am always surprised.

Quotes by R. J. Cutler

It's my approach as a filmmaker always to go in, not with a thesis or preconceived notion, but with curiosity and questions and inquiry. So in some way, I'm always surprised. I'm always finding paths of engagement.

Quotes by R. J. Cutler

Being hurt personally triggered a curiosity about how such beliefs are formed.

Quotes by Philip Zimbardo

Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure.

Quotes by Petrarch

I don't separate my books into historical novels and the rest. To me, they're all made-up worlds, and both kinds are borne out of curiosity, some investigation into the past.

Quotes by Peter Carey

Getting to know someone else involves curiosity about where they have come from, who they are.

Quotes by Penelope Lively

The travel impulse is mental and physical curiosity. It's a passion. And I can't understand people who don't want to travel.

Quotes by Paul Theroux

I think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke my early interest in science.

Quotes by Paul Nurse

Looking back, I realize that nurturing curiosity and the instinct to seek solutions are perhaps the most important contributions education can make.

Quotes by Paul Berg

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

Quotes by Oliver E. Williamson

What makes an actor, I think, is a combination of a deep curiosity about life and a case of the crazies.

Quotes by Nina Arianda

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

Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson

I invited a group of students to my studio to expose them to both the creative and business sides of the fashion industry. It was fun because the group was so bright and full of curiosity. They asked really challenging questions about all aspects of the business and absorbed so much information so quickly.

Quotes by Narciso Rodriguez

We are driven by the usual insatiable curiosity of the scientist, and our work is a delightful game.

Quotes by Murray Gell-Mann

I love to sing with my daughter. Audiences like it because a mother-daughter pairing is a curiosity.

Quotes by Montserrat Caballe

I've always been an engineer devoted to the potential of advanced technologies. Like most engineers, I have a keen sense of curiosity and a deep desire to learn. Garmin was my first entrepreneurial endeavour, and it has been an incredible journey.

Quotes by Min Kao

Every single day, I'm curious about everything. Curiosity is finding answers to things.

Quotes by Mickey Drexler

Mary Roach's curiosity is notoriously infectious.

Quotes by Michelle Dean

That's probably fair to say that there is a certain amount of pressure to deliver your next role when you do have a fan base as potent as the 'Battlestar Galactica' family. There was certainly a lot of curiosity to all of us on that show - what are you going to do next? Where can we see you next? That was a question we got more often than not.

Quotes by Michael Trucco

I would love to document the Roots; I think they have an interesting story. I have a curiosity about them. Their musicality and their live performances I think would be great, and I have a feeling that there are stories behind each one of them.

Quotes by Michael Rapaport

It's through curiosity and looking at opportunities in new ways that we've always mapped our path at Dell. There's always an opportunity to make a difference.

Quotes by Michael Dell

All children are born with stars in their eyes, and they are curious. It is important for teachers to be careful not to kill this curiosity. A lot can go wrong. Children can be teased, even by teachers.

Quotes by May-Britt Moser

It is so important to allow children to bloom and to be driven by their curiosity.

Quotes by May-Britt Moser

Social media has created a digital latticework, but it has also, for some, created abusive commenters, silos, and validation rather than curiosity.

Quotes by Mary Pilon

Basically, I have been compelled by curiosity.

Quotes by Mary Leakey

I have an inate curiosity about people.

Quotes by Martin Bashir

Each story we approach in the same way, with curiosity and interest and determination to get behind the image.

Quotes by Martin Bashir

When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity.

Quotes by Martha Beck

My favourite words are possibilities, opportunities and curiosity. I think if you are curious, you create opportunities, and then if you open the doors, you create possibilities.

Quotes by Mario Testino

If I see anything vital around me, it is precisely that spirit of adventure, which seems indestructible and is akin to curiosity.

Quotes by Marie Curie

I don't remember being a child, and that's why I think I'm so child-like now in my unending curiosity and approach to life.

Quotes by Marianne Wiggins

'The Big Sleep' would have been a more effective study of nightmarish existence had the detective been more complicated and had more curiosity been shown about his sweetheart's relation to the crime.

Quotes by Manny Farber

What is the meaning of 'gossip?' Doesn't it originate with sympathy, an interest in one's neighbor, degenerating into idle curiosity and love of tattling? Which is worse, this habit, or keeping one's self so absorbed intellectually as to forget the sufferings and cares of others, to lose sympathy through having too much to think about?

Quotes by Lucy Larcom

What is the intersection between technology, art and science? Curiosity and wonder, because it drives us to explore, because we're surrounded by things we can't see.

Quotes by Louie Schwartzberg

In politics there is plenty of division, hostility, tribalism, posturing; but there's almost no curiosity. Instead of wondering why someone holds a certain set of beliefs and asking how they came to them, it is easier to gather a mob and silence opposing viewpoints by force.

Quotes by Lisa Kennedy Montgomery

Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.

Quotes by Linus Pauling

The curiosity to see the prisoners appears to be unabated.

Quotes by Lewis Tappan

The idea that a story has to be 'exceptional' in order to be worth telling is curious to me. What if we looked at every single person's story as a site of possibly infinite meaning? What if we came to believe that there isn't hubris or narcissism in thinking your story might be worth sharing - only a sense of curiosity and offering?

Quotes by Leslie Jamison

Naturally, I was a bit of a curiosity, being the first hydrogen peroxide ingestion patient they had ever seen.

Quotes by Lara St. John

For centuries, economic thinkers, from Adam Smith to John Maynard Keynes, have tried to identify the elusive formula that makes some countries more prosperous and successful than others. My curiosity about this topic spurred me, as a young professor of economics in the late 1970s, to research new ways of measuring national competitiveness.

Quotes by Klaus Schwab

My curiosity and my appetite for evolving as an actor is one of the main components of me still working today in the business.

Quotes by Kim Cattrall

Hackers are breaking the systems for profit. Before, it was about intellectual curiosity and pursuit of knowledge and thrill, and now hacking is big business.

Quotes by Kevin Mitnick

It's kind of interesting, because hacking is a skill that could be used for criminal purposes or legitimate purposes, and so even though in the past I was hacking for the curiosity, and the thrill, to get a bite of the forbidden fruit of knowledge, I'm now working in the security field as a public speaker.

Quotes by Kevin Mitnick

I was addicted to hacking, more for the intellectual challenge, the curiosity, the seduction of adventure; not for stealing, or causing damage or writing computer viruses.

Quotes by Kevin Mitnick

I had been one of the earliest social media adopters, driven by a mix of curiosity and enthusiasm for the way in which it levels borders and connects people who couldn't really have connected otherwise.

Quotes by Kelly Evans

I think a lot of people are curious about what makes people do what they do, and I guess my curiosity isn't hidden in any way.

Quotes by Karin Slaughter

One might almost say that the history of geographical discovery, properly so called, begins with Captain Cook, the motive of whose voyages was purely scientific curiosity.

Quotes by Joseph Jacobs

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