Curious Quotes

• The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

  Carl Rogers

  Change, Appreciation, Hypnosis

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• Be curious, not judgmental.

  Walt Whitman

  Life, Meaningful, Judging

  Walt Whitman, The Secret Libraries (2016). “Walt Whitman Quotes... Vol. 20: Motivational and Inspirational Life Quotes by Walt Whitman”

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• I've always been curious about the monster that lives under your bed. Even at 30 years old you lean over the bed to see if there's something under there, potentially.

  Matt Barr

  Years, Bed, Monsters

  Source: collider.com

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• I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Leadership

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.20, Princeton University Press

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• When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

  Walt Disney

  Moving Forward, Interesting, Design

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• Never trash-talk yourself or others. Stay curious. Speak your truth.

  Claudia Black

  Speak, Trash Talk, Trash

  "Claudia Black: Actor, Containment, On Trusting Your Gut, Investigating Your Shadows, Never Trash-talking Yourself, Raising Heart-centered Men, and Supporting Renewable Energy". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Everyone should go inward, get curious about themselves, and investigate their shadows. It's one of the most important gifts we can give humanity. It's one of our most vital causes.

  Claudia Black

  Giving, Humanity, Shadow

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. 2016.

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• My life has taught me to be more curious than afraid.

  Ishi

  Taught

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  Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

  Marie Curie

  Thoughtful, Ideas, Gossip

  "Living Adventures in Science‎". Book by Henry Thomas and Dana Lee Thomas, 1954.

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• Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask 'how', while others of a more curious nature will ask 'why'. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.

  Man Ray

  Photography, Inspiration, Technique

  "Photographers on Photography : A Critical Anthology". Book by Nathan Lyons (p. 80), 1966.

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• A sense of curiosity is nature's original school of education.

  Smiley Blanton

  Education, Nature, School

  Smiley Blanton (1956). “Love or perish”

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• When I was a child, kids used to make fun of me because I was blind. But I just became more curious, 'How can I climb this tree and get an apple for this girl?' That's what mattered to me.

  Stevie Wonder

  Girl, Children, Fun

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. May, 2004.

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• It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know. It is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one more stair than there is. Your foot falls down, through the air, and there is a sickly moment of dark surprise as you try and readjust the way you thought of things.

  Daniel Handler

  Death, Fall, Dark

  "Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid". Book by Daniel Handler, April 24, 2007.

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• The world owes its enchantment to these curious creatures and their fancies; but its multiple complicity rejects them. Thistledown spirits, tragic, heartrending in their evanescence, they must go blowing headlong to perdition.

  Jean Cocteau

  Enchantment, World, Fancy

  Jean Cocteau (1966). “The Holy Terrors (Les Enfants Terribles)”, p.84, New Directions Publishing

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• Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

  Voltaire

  Wisdom, Clever, Men

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

  Walt Disney

  Life, Moving On, Moving Forward

  "Meet the Robinsons". The ending credits of the movie, 2007.

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

  Samuel Johnson

  Education, Curiosity, Genius

  The Rambler, No. 103, March 12, 1751.

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• The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

  Dorothy Parker

  Funny, Life, Wisdom

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• It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Courage, Integrity

  Mark Twain (2013). “Autobiography of Mark Twain”, p.372, Univ of California Press

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• The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Journey, Reality

  "Old Man's Advice to Youth: 'Never Lose a Holy Curiosity'". Life magazine, p. 64, May 02, 1955.

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• Fundamentalist is a person who considers whether a fact is acceptable to their faith before they explore it. As opposed to a curious person who explores first and then considers whether or not they want to accept the ramifications.

  Seth Godin

  Curiosity, Firsts, Facts

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• That’s what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we’ve changed because of it, and what we take away from it that we never had before, to apply to other games. Losing, in a curious way is winning.

  Richard Bach

  Wisdom, Failure, Learning

  "The Bridge Across Forever". Book by Richard Bach, 1984.

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• I'm curious about other people. That's the essence of my acting. I'm interested in what it would be like to be you.

  Meryl Streep

  Inspirational, Motivational, Essence

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I get curious about new things. My real strength is going into a field that has not been investigated before, and finding new approaches to it.

  Joshua Lederberg

  Real, Fields, Approach

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• Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.

  Agatha Christie

  Ghouls, People, Literature

  Agatha Christie (2016). “The Witness for the Prosecution: And Other Stories”, p.28, HarperCollins UK

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