Curiosity is not just simple wonderment; it is an ability for those who have it to seek and acquire new knowledge and ways of understanding the world around them. Being interested in new things is the reason we grow and is the basis for all of life's achievements. If people didn't question how to make something that already exists into something better, would our society as a whole ever have progressed? Where would we be now if not for the imaginations of minds that were willing to find a better answer?Some people simply take things for what they are and never wonder about how they could be any different. And that's not a bad thing! However, if those people realize that they want to cultivate more awe and wonder within themselves, where would they begin? It would help to first educate yourself with the words of the inquisitive minds of those who came before them. That's where this list of 75 best curiosity quotes comes in handy.There are plenty of fun quotes for kids, famous wonderment quotes and inspiring words in the collection below. Keep reading to discover what you may have been missing out on! Maybe you'll gain perspective or find a new life motto; at the very least, you're sure to be entertained.Related: Looking Ahead—115 Quotes on Strength and Resilience to Help Get Us Through Tough Times
75 Best Curiosity Quotes
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Famous Quotes About Curiosity
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"Curiosity will conquer more fear even than bravery will." — James Stephens "Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning." — William Arthur Ward "Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers." — Francis Bacon "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing." — Albert Einstein"Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness." — Bryant H. McGill "Learning is by nature curiosity... prying into everything, reluctant to leave anything, material or immaterial, unexplained." — Philo"The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity." — Dorothy Parker "I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." — Albert Einstein "Curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." — Walt Disney"Curiosity and irreverence go together. Curiosity cannot exist without the other." — Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals "The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its original size." — Albert Einstein "Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret." — Ralph Waldo Emerson "Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity." — Roy Bennett"Research is formalized curiosity." — Zora Neale Hurston "Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas." — Walt WhitmanRelated: 55 Thankful Quotes for Practicing Gratitude All Year Long
Short Quotes About Curiosity
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"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious." — Albert Einstein "It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it." — Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde "The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing." — Oscar Wilde"Curiosity is the engine of achievement." — Ken Robinson "Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last." — Samuel Johnson "I set out to discover the why of it, and to transform my pleasure into knowledge." — Charles Baudelaire "Enjoy every step you take. If you're curious, there is always something new to be discovered in the backdrop of your daily life." — Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart "The love of knowledge is a kind of madness." — C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet "The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled." — Plutarch "Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration's shove or society's kiss on your forehead." — Susan Sontag"Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it." — Blaise Pascal, Pensées"All knowledge meets an end at the question '...Why?'" —Criss Jami, Healology"Value judgments are destructive to our proper business, which is curiosity and awareness." — John Cage"A person without curiosity may as well be dead." — Judy Blume,Summer Sisters"The knowledge of all things is possible." — Leonardo da VinciRelated: 75 Greek Mythology Trivia Questions for Kids and Adults To Test Your Knowledge
Curiosity Quotes for Kids
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"Remember that things are not always as they appear to be… Curiosity creates possibilities and opportunities." — Roy T. Bennett "Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. What people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity." — Aaron Swartz "Children, be curious. Nothing is worse (I know it) than when curiosity stops. Nothing is more repressive than the repression of curiosity. Curiosity begets love." — Graham Swift, Waterland"What a large volume of adventures may be grasped within the span of his little life by him who interests his heart in everything." — Laurence Stone "It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view." — George Eliot "Question like a child, reason like an adult, and write like a sage." — Criss Jami, Healology "Learning never exhausts the mind." — Leonardo da Vinci "Knowing the answers will help you in school. Knowing how to question will help you in life." — Warren Berger "It's not a silly question if you can't answer it." — Jostein Gaarder, Sophie's World "Blessed are the curious, for they shall have adventures." — Lovelle Drachman"Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations." — Mae Jemison "Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why." — Bernard Baruch "People say: idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle." — Leo Rosten"Sometimes, curiosity overpowers the warning of danger." — Misba, The High Auction "A sense of curiosity is nature's original school of education." — Smiley BlantonRelated: The Quote That Mirrors Your Soul, Based on Your Birth Month
Fun Curiosity Quotes
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"What you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow." — Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth"Let go of certainty. The opposite isn't uncertainty. It's openness, curiosity and a willingness to embrace paradox, rather than choose up sides. The ultimate challenge is to accept ourselves exactly as we are, but never stop trying to learn and grow." — Tony Schwartz "Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?" — George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones"It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense." — E.A. Bucchianeri,Brushstrokes of a Gadfly"I'm fat because I'm greedy, and if my mind is fat it's because I'm curious." — Stephen Fry"Those with less curiosity or ambition just mumble that God works in mysterious ways. I intend to catch him in the act." — Damien Echols,Life After Death"If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back." — Holly Black, Tithe"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, Rocket Boys "I think I benefited from being equal parts ambitious and curious. And of the two, curiosity has served me best." — Michael J Fox"But curiosity is a restless and scrupulous passion, and no one girl can endure, with patience, that hers should be baffled by another." — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu,Carmilla"Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious." — Walt Disney"Socrates told us, "the unexamined life is not worth living." I think he's calling for curiosity, more than knowledge. In every human society at all times and at all levels, the curious are at the leading edge." — Roger Ebert"'Miss Fitt, you know curiosity gets men killed." I grinned. "Then I daresay it's good I'm a woman.'" ― Susan Dennard,Something Strange and Deadly"The scholar's greatest weakness: calling procrastination research." — Stephen King"Pride and curiosity are the two scourges of our souls. The latter prompts us to poke our noses into everything, and the former forbids us to leave anything unresolved and undecided." — Michel de Montaigne,The Essays: A SelectionUp Next:
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