"He wrote as a young man that God's noblest gift was the gift of an inquiring mind."

"There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."

"Without curiosity, one does not think."

"There are no foolish questions, and no man becomes a fool until he has stopped asking questions." 

"Curiosity sets us apart from the average lump of dirt."

"Why am I so curious? I don’t know. But I’ll find out." 

"Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when one contemplates the mysteries of eternity. Never lose a holy curiosity." 

"Curiosity is an eager desire to know, or learn about something."

"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." 

"The spark of curiosity ignites passion in great minds." 

"Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life." 

"People die when curiosity goes." 

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

"Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness."

"It is a capital mistake to theorize in advance of the facts." 

"Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas." 

"Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don't just give up."

"Learning is by nature curiosity ... prying into everything, reluctant to leave anything, material or immaterial, unexplained." 

"Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity."

"Curiosity is the deepest connection that we have with knowledge, wisdom and life. Incuriosity is cutting all these connections."

"Knowledge is not rooted in facts; it is rooted in curiosity." 

"Those with less curiosity or ambition just mumble that God works in mysterious ways. I intend to catch him in the act." 

"Perhaps the greatest virtue of man is curiosity." 

"People say: idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle." 

"The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity." 

"Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly."

"Curiosity is the one thing invincible in Nature."

"Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last." 

"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." 

"Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will." 

"Curiosity is the ultimate power tool."

"Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people." 

"A person without curiosity may as well be dead."

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." 

"When holy curiosity is driven by passion, and critical thinking by perseverance, wisdom and truth emerge." 

"A sense of curiosity is nature's original school of education."

"One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute." 

"I think I benefited from being equal parts ambitious and curious. And of the two, curiosity has served me best." 

"Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance." 

"If we had known everything in this universe, we would have had to find another universe to feed our curiosity, because what keeps man alive is curiosity!"

"Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." 

"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." 

"Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind." 

"Curiosity without action is like a boat without water."

"Be curious always!  For knowledge will not acquire you; you must acquire it."