quotations about curiosity
Curiosity is nothing more than vanity. More often than not we only seek knowledge to show it off.
BLAISE PASCAL
Pensées
Man in his universe is like a baby in a strange room. Just as a baby reaches out to finger or state all the mysterious objects in the room, so man's curiosity is excited by the wonderful sights, sounds, and smells that greet him whichever way he turns.
GINESTRA GLOVENE AMALDI
attributed, Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Letters and Social Aims
Energy and curiosity are the lifeblood of universities; the desire to find out, to uncover, to dig deeper, to puzzle out obscurities, is the spirit of the university, and it is a channelling of that unresting curiosity that holds mankind together.
ROBERTSON DAVIES
Cornish Trilogy
Curiosity is a feeling which causes us not to be content with the beauty and fragrance of the flower, but which prompts us to look under the rose.
MRS. INCHBALD
attributed, Day's Collacon