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Philosophical literature5 quotes
Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder. — Socrates · 400 BCAll men by nature desire to know. — Aristotle · 322 BCCuriosity...is a Lust of the mind. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651I for my part am not one of those who have innate knowledge. I am simply one who loves the past and who is diligent in investigating it. — Confucius · 221 BCThe gods did not intimate all things to men straight away, but in time, through seeking, their discoveries improve. — XenophanesAutobiography and memoir2 quotes
In spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways. — Edith Wharton · 1934My life has been a quest for knowledge and understanding, and I am nowhere near having achieved that. And it doesn’t bother me in the least. — Alex Trebek · 2020Drama2 quotes
I'm curious what makes you so curious. — Django · 2012But not knowing is not so bad. I mean, the point is to be looking, searching. To stay hungry, right? — Celine · 2013Drama (film)2 quotes
I'm curious what makes you so curious. — Django · 2012But not knowing is not so bad. I mean, the point is to be looking, searching. To stay hungry, right? — Celine · 2013Political literature2 quotes
Curiosity...is a Lust of the mind. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions; for opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making. — John Milton · 1644Scientific literature2 quotes
Wonder... And not any expectation of advantage from its discoveries, is the first principle which prompts mankind to the study of Philosophy, of that science which pretends to lay open the concealed connections that unite the various appearances of nature. — Adam Smith · 1790The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy. — Steven Weinberg · 1977Biography1 quote
A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity. — Samuel Johnson · 1784Coming of age story1 quote
Ask no questions, and you'll be told no lies. — Charles Dickens · 1860Commencement address1 quote
Stay hungry, stay foolish. — Steve Jobs · 1974Historical literature1 quote
Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life-blood of real civilization. — G.M. Trevelyan · 1942Religious literature1 quote
The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. — Ecclesiastes 1:8 · 931 BCRomantic drama1 quote
But not knowing is not so bad. I mean, the point is to be looking, searching. To stay hungry, right? — Celine · 2013Romantic drama (film)1 quote
But not knowing is not so bad. I mean, the point is to be looking, searching. To stay hungry, right? — Celine · 2013Western1 quote
I'm curious what makes you so curious. — Django · 2012Western (film)1 quote
I'm curious what makes you so curious. — Django · 2012Wisdom literature1 quote
Do not be arrogant because of your knowledge, but confer with the ignorant man as with the learned... Good speech is more hidden than malachite, yet it is found in the possession of women slaves at the millstones. — Ptahhotep · 2375 BC