#sit

The knowledge of all things is possible ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#curiosity #knowledge #learning #knowledge

Who are you?" "No one of consequence." "I must know." "Get used to disappointment. ↗

— William Goldman

#consequence #identity #importance #inquisitiveness #identity

Furniture or gold can be taken away from you, but knowledge and a new language can easily be taken from one place to the other, and nobody can take them away from you. ↗

— David Schwarzer

#diversity #language #pride #diversity

Look,” he said, “the point is there’s no way to be a hundred percent sure about anyone or anything. So you’re left with a choice. Either hope for the best, or just expect the worst.” If you expect the worst, you’re never disappointed,” I pointed out. Yeah, but who lives like that? ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#expect #hope #lock-and-key #negative #positive

These are the four that are never content: that have never been filled since the dew began- Jacala's mouth, and the glut of the kite, and the hands of the ape, and the eyes of Man. ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

#crocodile #curiosity #greed #kite #greed

The scholar's greatest weakness: calling procrastination research. ↗

— Stephen King

#procrastination #curiosity

First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a communist; Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a socialist; Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist; Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Jew; Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak out for me. ↗

— Martin Niemöller

#compassion #cowardice #diversity #human-rights #diversity

I'm fat because I'm greedy, and if my mind is fat it's because I'm curious. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#greed #knowledge #greed

It is a pleasant world we live in, sir, a very pleasant world. There are bad people in it, Mr. Richard, but if there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#lawyers #curiosity

Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#pride #vanity #curiosity