#curiosity

I have never read for entertainment, but rather for understanding and to satisfy my eager curiosity. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#eager #entertainment #i #never #rather

Hackers are breaking the systems for profit. Before, it was about intellectual curiosity and pursuit of knowledge and thrill, and now hacking is big business. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#before #big #big business #breaking #business

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards. ↗

— Anatole France

#teaching #art

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

#life

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit. ↗

— e. e. cummings

#believe #curiosity #delight #experience #human

My own curiosity and interest are insatiable. ↗

— Emma Lazarus

#insatiable #interest #my own #own

Getting to know someone else involves curiosity about where they have come from, who they are. ↗

— Penelope Lively

#come #curiosity #else #getting #involves

There are two sorts of curiosity - the momentary and the permanent. The momentary is concerned with the odd appearance on the surface of things. The permanent is attracted by the amazing and consecutive life that flows on beneath the surface of things. ↗

— Robert Wilson Lynd

#appearance #attracted #beneath #concerned #consecutive

My parents were always very supportive and accepting. They even shared my curiosity for life, or perhaps I theirs. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#always #curiosity #even #i #life

Curiosity did kill the cat, but I'm very curious. ↗

— Brittany Murphy

#curiosity #curious #did #i #kill