curiosity Quotes

Some men see things as they are and say, 'Why?' I dream of things that never were and say, 'Why not?'.

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

You see things; and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?'

I am not bothered by the fact that I am unknown. I am bothered when I do not know others.

Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe.

Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.

There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.

Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?

Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.