60 Curiosity quotes that'll help you achieve great things. Here are the best curiosity quotes to read from famous people that will surely inspire you. Being curious is the desire of a person to know something, which is a key factor for learning. There's a lot of things to learn from this world, and the more curious you become, the more potential knowledge you can acquire that can be useful to you on the things you want to accomplish. May these quotes about curiosity help you understand the importance of curiosity, make you try and discover new things, and learn from them. Share these quotes on curiosity with your friends, family, and loved ones to inspire them as well.
1. Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. What people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity. - Aaron Swartz
2. Replace fear of the unknown with curiosity. - Billy Cox
3. The best in business have boundless curiosity and open minds. - Robin Sharma
4. It is simply this: do not tire, never lose interest, never grow indifferent, lose your invaluable curiosity and you let yourself die. It's as simple as that. - Tove Jansson
5. Let your curiosity lead you down a road that is less traveled. - ATGW
6. The love of knowledge is a kind of madness. - C.S. Lewis
7. I set out to discover the why of it, and to transform my pleasure into knowledge. - Charles Baudelaire
8. Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last. - Samuel Johnson
9. When curiosity is alive, we are attracted to many things; we discover many worlds. - Eric Booth
10. Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. - Samuel Johnson
11. Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. - Eleanor Roosevelt
12. Human curiosity, the urge to know, is a powerful force and is perhaps the best secret weapon of all in the struggle to unravel the workings of the natural world. - Aaron Klug
13. I want people to believe in themselves. I want intellectual curiosity. I want someone who realizes that they don't know it all and that they're dying to learn. - Kevin Plank
14. Curiosity, the rover, and the concept is what science is all about: the quest to reveal the unknown. - Ahmed Zewail
15. Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will. - James Stephens
16. Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
17. I had discovered that learning something, no matter how complex, wasn't hard when I had a reason to want to know it. - Homer Hickam
18. If you can let go of passion and follow your curiosity, your curiosity just might lead you to your passion. - Elizabeth Gilbert
19. A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. - Chinese Proverb
20. I think I benefited from being equal parts ambitious and curious. And of the two, curiosity has served me best. - Michael J Fox
21. A burning itch to know is higher than a solemn vow to pursue truth. To feel the burning itch of curiosity requires both that you be ignorant, and that you desire to relinquish your ignorance. - Eliezer Yudkowsky
22. Curiosity about life in all aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people. - Leo Burnett
23. It is so important to allow children to bloom and to be driven by their curiosity. - May-Britt Moser
24. You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives. - Anonymous
25. Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly. - Arnold Edinborough
26. Curiosity is the fuel for discovery, inquiry, and learning. - Anonymous
27. Lean into your curiosity about any issue, and there will likely be people to share a little bit more of their knowledge and insight and give you ideas on how to make change. - Opal Tometi
28. I'm always wondering about the what-ifs, about the road not taken. - Jenny Han
29. Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts. - Clarence Day
30. Remember that things are not always as they appear to be. Curiosity creates possibilities and opportunities. - Roy T. Bennett
31. I think that we all absolutely have curiosity. It brings about knowledge. It's energizing. It's spiritually empowering. It makes us more interesting as people. - Brian Grazer
32. Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas. - Marie Curie
33. People say: idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle. - Leo Rosten
34. Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory. - Richard Whately
35. Healthy curiosity is a great key in innovation. - Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
36. The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. - Dorothy Parker
37. Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life. - Linus Pauling
38. Curiosity is a willing, a proud, and eager confession of ignorance. - S. Leonard Rubinstein
39. Curiosity is the lust of the mind. - Thomas Hobbes
40. Those with less curiosity or ambition just mumble that God works in mysterious ways. I intend to catch him in the act. - Damien Echols
41. Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration's shove or society's kiss on your forehead. - Susan Sontag
42. You can find a mentor; you have to ask questions, you have to show interest in what the other person is doing. You have to have curiosity, I think that people appreciate that and will want to help you. - Nina Garcia
43. What drove me and kept me going over the decades? If I had to use a single word, it would be curiosity. - Eve Arnold
44. Curiosity is the single most important attribute with which humans are born. More than a simple desire to discover or know things, curiosity is a powerful tool, like a scalpel or a searchlight. Curiosity changes us. It is also a way to effect change, perhaps even on a global level. - Loren Rhoads
45. The basic drive behind real philosophy is curiosity about the world, not interest in the writings of philosophers. - Bryan Magee
46. Learning is by nature curiosity, prying into everything, reluctant to leave anything, material or immaterial, unexplained. - Philo
47. I love learning, and I think that curiosity is a wonderful gift. - Andie MacDowell
48. Curiosity takes ignorance seriously, and is confident enough to admit when it does not know. It is aware of not knowing, and it sets out to do something about it. - Alain de Botton
49. I am generally fascinated by what are the big, challenging questions, and that’s behind my curiosity. - Paul Allen
50. One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute. - William Lyon Phelps
51. If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry. - Ada Yonath
52. I'm naturally curious, and I've always been driven by my curiosity. Curiosity gets people excited. Curiosity leads to new ideas, new jobs, new industries. - Anne Sweeney
53. An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment. - David Attenborough
54. 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. - Mario Testino
55. Critical thinking and curiosity are the key to creativity. - Amala Akkineni
56. The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. - Albert Einstein
57. 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
58. It's sort of a mental attitude about critical thinking and curiosity. It's about mindset of looking at the world in a playful and curious and creative way. - Adam Savage
59. I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward. - Rachel McAdams
60. Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance. - William Wirt
1. Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. What people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity. - Aaron Swartz
2. Replace fear of the unknown with curiosity. - Billy Cox
3. The best in business have boundless curiosity and open minds. - Robin Sharma
4. It is simply this: do not tire, never lose interest, never grow indifferent, lose your invaluable curiosity and you let yourself die. It's as simple as that. - Tove Jansson
5. Let your curiosity lead you down a road that is less traveled. - ATGW
6. The love of knowledge is a kind of madness. - C.S. Lewis
7. I set out to discover the why of it, and to transform my pleasure into knowledge. - Charles Baudelaire
8. Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last. - Samuel Johnson
9. When curiosity is alive, we are attracted to many things; we discover many worlds. - Eric Booth
10. Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. - Samuel Johnson
11. Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. - Eleanor Roosevelt
12. Human curiosity, the urge to know, is a powerful force and is perhaps the best secret weapon of all in the struggle to unravel the workings of the natural world. - Aaron Klug
13. I want people to believe in themselves. I want intellectual curiosity. I want someone who realizes that they don't know it all and that they're dying to learn. - Kevin Plank
14. Curiosity, the rover, and the concept is what science is all about: the quest to reveal the unknown. - Ahmed Zewail
15. Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will. - James Stephens
16. Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
17. I had discovered that learning something, no matter how complex, wasn't hard when I had a reason to want to know it. - Homer Hickam
18. If you can let go of passion and follow your curiosity, your curiosity just might lead you to your passion. - Elizabeth Gilbert
19. A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. - Chinese Proverb
20. I think I benefited from being equal parts ambitious and curious. And of the two, curiosity has served me best. - Michael J Fox
21. A burning itch to know is higher than a solemn vow to pursue truth. To feel the burning itch of curiosity requires both that you be ignorant, and that you desire to relinquish your ignorance. - Eliezer Yudkowsky
22. Curiosity about life in all aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people. - Leo Burnett
23. It is so important to allow children to bloom and to be driven by their curiosity. - May-Britt Moser
24. You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives. - Anonymous
25. Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly. - Arnold Edinborough
26. Curiosity is the fuel for discovery, inquiry, and learning. - Anonymous
27. Lean into your curiosity about any issue, and there will likely be people to share a little bit more of their knowledge and insight and give you ideas on how to make change. - Opal Tometi
28. I'm always wondering about the what-ifs, about the road not taken. - Jenny Han
29. Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts. - Clarence Day
30. Remember that things are not always as they appear to be. Curiosity creates possibilities and opportunities. - Roy T. Bennett
31. I think that we all absolutely have curiosity. It brings about knowledge. It's energizing. It's spiritually empowering. It makes us more interesting as people. - Brian Grazer
32. Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas. - Marie Curie
33. People say: idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle. - Leo Rosten
34. Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory. - Richard Whately
35. Healthy curiosity is a great key in innovation. - Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
36. The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. - Dorothy Parker
37. Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life. - Linus Pauling
38. Curiosity is a willing, a proud, and eager confession of ignorance. - S. Leonard Rubinstein
39. Curiosity is the lust of the mind. - Thomas Hobbes
40. Those with less curiosity or ambition just mumble that God works in mysterious ways. I intend to catch him in the act. - Damien Echols
41. Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration's shove or society's kiss on your forehead. - Susan Sontag
42. You can find a mentor; you have to ask questions, you have to show interest in what the other person is doing. You have to have curiosity, I think that people appreciate that and will want to help you. - Nina Garcia
43. What drove me and kept me going over the decades? If I had to use a single word, it would be curiosity. - Eve Arnold
44. Curiosity is the single most important attribute with which humans are born. More than a simple desire to discover or know things, curiosity is a powerful tool, like a scalpel or a searchlight. Curiosity changes us. It is also a way to effect change, perhaps even on a global level. - Loren Rhoads
45. The basic drive behind real philosophy is curiosity about the world, not interest in the writings of philosophers. - Bryan Magee
46. Learning is by nature curiosity, prying into everything, reluctant to leave anything, material or immaterial, unexplained. - Philo
47. I love learning, and I think that curiosity is a wonderful gift. - Andie MacDowell
48. Curiosity takes ignorance seriously, and is confident enough to admit when it does not know. It is aware of not knowing, and it sets out to do something about it. - Alain de Botton
49. I am generally fascinated by what are the big, challenging questions, and that’s behind my curiosity. - Paul Allen
50. One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute. - William Lyon Phelps
51. If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry. - Ada Yonath
52. I'm naturally curious, and I've always been driven by my curiosity. Curiosity gets people excited. Curiosity leads to new ideas, new jobs, new industries. - Anne Sweeney
53. An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment. - David Attenborough
54. 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. - Mario Testino
55. Critical thinking and curiosity are the key to creativity. - Amala Akkineni
56. The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. - Albert Einstein
57. 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
58. It's sort of a mental attitude about critical thinking and curiosity. It's about mindset of looking at the world in a playful and curious and creative way. - Adam Savage
59. I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward. - Rachel McAdams
60. Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance. - William Wirt