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Curiosity Quotes by Famous Authors

1. “What a magnificent body, how I should like to see it on the dissecting table.”

Ivan Turgenev

Desire, Body, Science, Curiosity, Physicality

2. “The “why not” of youth, the secret desire to know his luck, to try his strength all on his own without the support of another, eventually won through.”

Ivan Turgenev

Youth, Curiosity, Strength, Risk, Growth

3. “I did not understand steam machinery, but I tried to understand that much more complicated mechanism – man.”

Andrew Carnegie

Humanity, Understanding, Technology, Curiosity, Wisdom

4. “I do have a peripatetic and active intellectual curiosity.”

Guy Kawasaki

Curiosity, Learning, Mindset, Exploration, Knowledge

5. “Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and all rural sounds, exceed in interest a knock at the door.”

Charles Lamb

Anticipation, Life, Experience, Curiosity, Expectation

6. “Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever puts one down without the feeling of disappointment.”

Charles Lamb

News, Media, Curiosity, Expectation, Reality

7. “It is good to love the unknown.”

Charles Lamb

Curiosity, Mystery, Discovery, Adventure, Wisdom

8. “I know of no inquiry which the impulses of man suggests that is forbidden to the resolution of man to pursue.”

Margaret Fuller

Inquiry, Curiosity, Thought, Pursuit, Knowledge

9. “If you are in a spaceship that is traveling at the speed of light, and you turn on the headlights, does anything happen?”

Steven Wright

Physics, Space, Curiosity, Science, Paradox

10. “How many people does it take to change a searchlight bulb?”

Steven Wright

Wordplay, Humor, Perspective, Logic, Curiosity

11. “If a cow laughed, would milk come out her nose?”

Steven Wright

Animals, Humor, Wordplay, Curiosity, Imagination

12. “Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.”

Steven Wright

Curiosity, Suspicion, Wordplay, Humor, Perspective

13. “If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?”

Steven Wright

Evolution, Science, Logic, Humor, Curiosity

14. “My friend has a baby. I’m recording all the noises he makes so later I can ask him what he meant.”

Steven Wright

Parenting, Curiosity, Humor, Observation, Communication

15. “Tell a man that there are 400 billion stars and he’ll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint and he has to touch it.”

Steven Wright

Logic, Curiosity, Human Nature, Psychology, Irony

16. “Whatever happened to preparations A through G?”

Steven Wright

Humor, Curiosity, Observation, Absurdity, Wit

17. “Don't chase the answers. Chase the questions.”

Ankur Warikoo

Questions, Curiosity, Exploration, Growth, Inquiry

18. “The right questions generate curiosity. The wrong ones generate doubt.”

Ankur Warikoo

Questions, Curiosity, Doubt, Inquiry, Mindset

19. “Strange how we give birth to kids. And then kill their curiosity!”

Ankur Warikoo

Curiosity, Parenting, Growth, Creativity, Loss

20. “Curiosity + Patience = Clarity”

Ankur Warikoo

Curiosity, Patience, Clarity, Understanding, Growth

21. “The best candidates I have interviewed had these 3 things in common 1. They asked a lot of thought provoking questions. Not just in the end but throughout. 2. They took their time to answer. For them speed didn’t mean smartness. 3. They smiled often.”

Ankur Warikoo

Interviews, Curiosity, Patience, Positivity, Quality

22. “Professionals stop growing the day they stop asking questions. Organizations stop growing the day they stop encouraging questions.”

Ankur Warikoo

Questions, Growth, Curiosity, Professionalism, Learning

23. “Be curious. Get rejected. Learn from it.”

Ankur Warikoo

Curiosity, Rejection, Learning, Growth, Resilience

24. “Curious minds ask. Eager minds answer. Brilliant minds listen.”

Ankur Warikoo

Curiosity, Listening, Brilliance, Learning, Engagement

25. “We will never be able to answer "what if?" We will only regret it!”

Ankur Warikoo

Regret, Curiosity, Action, Uncertainty, Opportunity

26. “Curiosity has created more opportunities than hard work ever will.”

Ankur Warikoo

Curiosity, Opportunity, Growth, Effort, Creativity

27. “To know what you don’t know is power. To ask and learn what you don’t know is a superpower.”

Ankur Warikoo

Ignorance, Learning, Curiosity, Power, Growth

28. “If you are curious, you are alive. If you are not, you are simply a slave to someone else's curiosity.”

Ankur Warikoo

Curiosity, Life, Freedom, Engagement, Vitality

29. “Don't feed your ego. Feed your curiosity.”

Ankur Warikoo

Ego, Curiosity, Humility, Growth, Learning

30. “The key to having more opportunities in life is to give yourself enough opportunities to get curious.”

Ankur Warikoo

Curiosity, Opportunity, Growth, Exploration, Mindset

31. “Don't dismiss anybody when they ask a question.”

Ankur Warikoo

Respect, Curiosity, Openness, Communication, Patience

32. “The ones who truly learn everything, do not start with wanting to learn everything.”

Ankur Warikoo

Learning, Humility, Curiosity, Growth, Patience

33. “In 11+ years of hiring experience, the one thing I can say with confidence has a high correlation with success is curiosity.”

Ankur Warikoo

Curiosity, Success, Hiring, Experience, Growth

34. “The one thing that has a high correlation with success, is curiosity.”

Ankur Warikoo

Curiosity, Success, Learning, Growth, Mindset

35. “Curiosity doesn’t kill the cat; it kills the competition.”

Sam Walton

Curiosity, Competition, Advantage, Innovation, Drive

36. “I don’t laugh at people any more when they say they’ve seen UFOs. I’ve seen one myself!”

Jimmy Carter

UFOs, Belief, Experience, Open-mindedness, Curiosity

37. “Whereas before he had waited for me to ask questions, now it was he who put up little ideas, little debating points, as though he wanted to get a discussion going.”

V.S. Naipaul

Conversation, Curiosity, Discussion, Ideas, Engagement

38. “I am very opinionated and sometimes a very irritating character but, I have learnt that the quest to learn is a journey, not a destination.”

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

Learning, Personal Growth, Wisdom, Curiosity, Self-improvement

39. “I found the stock market very intriguing because prices used to fluctuate, I used to wonder why the price fluctuates.”

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

Stock Market, Curiosity, Price Fluctuations, Investing, Learning

40. “The biggest quest to learn anything is curiosity. If you are curious about something, you will go and dig.”

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

Curiosity, Learning, Knowledge, Growth, Motivation

41. “Doubt in my tradition is something that is very helpful. Because of doubt, you can thirst more and you will get a higher kind of proof.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Doubt, Curiosity, Wisdom, Learning, Truth

42. “For the correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.”

Plutarch

Learning, Inspiration, Knowledge, Curiosity, Growth

43. “Talkativeness has another plague attached to it, even curiosity; for praters wish to hear much that they may have much to say.”

Plutarch

Talkativeness, Curiosity, Speech, Wisdom, Restraint

44. “The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”

Plutarch

Mind, Learning, Curiosity, Wisdom, Growth

45. “For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to think independently and an ardent desire for the truth.”

Plutarch

Mind, Learning, Curiosity, Knowledge, Inspiration

46. “Since, during storms, flames leap from the humid vapors and dark clouds emit deafening noises, is it surprising the lightning, when it strikes the ground, gives rise to truffles, which do not resemble plants?”

Plutarch

Nature, Science, Mystery, Observation, Curiosity

47. “If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?”

Scott Adams

Questions, Intelligence, Humor, Curiosity, Sarcasm

48. “If you want to understand UFOs, reincarnation and God, do not study UFOs, reincarnation and God. Study people.”

Scott Adams

Understanding, People, Knowledge, Perspective, Curiosity

49. “I’m curious how you’ll know it works. I assume it’s mostly a cosmetic change.”

Scott Adams

Curiosity, Skepticism, Perception, Humor, Observation

50. “A smarter approach is to think of learning as a system in which you continually expose yourself to new topics, primarily the ones you find interesting.”

Scott Adams

Learning, Knowledge, Curiosity, Growth, Improvement