It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it. Read Summary
The thing that doesn't fit is the thing that's the most interesting: the part that doesn't go according to what you expected. Read Summary
Do not keep saying to yourself, if you can possibly avoid it, 'But how can it be like that?' because you will get 'down the drain,' into a blind alley from which nobody has yet escaped. Nobody knows how it can be like that. Read Summary
When I was about thirteen, the library was going to get 'Calculus for the Practical Man.' By this time I knew, from reading the encyclopedia, that calculus was an important and interesting subject, and I ought to learn it. Read Summary
Space has always fascinated me. As a young boy looking up at the stars, I found it impossible to resist thinking what was out there and if I ever would experience space first-hand. Read Summary
You don't want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions. The questions are diamonds you hold in the light. Study a lifetime and you see different colors from the same jewel. Read Summary
Touch a scientist and you touch a child. Read Summary
What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats. Read Summary
It takes a long time to become young. Read Summary
Youth has no age. Read Summary
I've always been intrigued by color and by interesting hair. I was one of those weird little girls doing my own hair at the age of 9. I was, like, getting weird gels and new brushes and cornrow holders. I would tweak and perm at the age of 13. Read Summary
The problem is not scientifically illiterate kids; it is scientifically illiterate adults. Kids are born curious about the natural world. They are always turning over rocks, jumping with two feet into mud puddles and playing with the tablecloth and fine china. Read Summary
No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don't ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives. Read Summary
Kids are born curious about the world. What adults primarily do in the presence of kids is unwittingly thwart the curiosity of children. Read Summary
Kids should be allowed to break stuff more often. That's a consequence of exploration. Exploration is what you do when you don't know what you're doing. Read Summary
I have a notion that if you are going to be spiritually curious, you better not get cluttered up with too many material things. Read Summary
If I see anything vital around me, it is precisely that spirit of adventure, which seems indestructible and is akin to curiosity. Read Summary
Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas. Read Summary
I've been things and seen places. Read Summary
'What is the use of a book', thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?' Read Summary