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Quotations regarding 'Curiosity'

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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
Samuel Johnson, English Author (1709-1784)
The most intense curiosity and excitement prevailed, and though the weather was uncertain, enormous masses of densely packed people lined the road, shouting and waving hats and handkerchiefs as we flew by them.
Fanny Kemble, English Actress
I would have thought he would be there out of just plain curiosity. It was incredible that he was missing.
James Kirkwood, American Playwright (1930-1989)
The young generation has a different curiosity that is more visual.
Jurgen Klinsmann, German Athlete (1964-  )
Human curiosity, the urge to know, is a powerful force and is perhaps the best secret weapon of all in the struggle to unravel the workings of the natural world.
Aaron Klug, British Physicist (1926-  )
Children do not give up their innate imagination, curiosity, dreaminess easily. You have to love them to get them to do that.
R. D. Laing, Scottish Psychologist (1927-1989)
Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever puts one down without the feeling of disappointment.
Charles Lamb, English Critic (1775-1834)
The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth.
Irving Langmuir, American Scientist (1881-1957)
It is an interesting fact that during my tour I was never allowed access to computers, radios, or anything else that I might damage through curiosity, or perhaps something more sinister.
Robert B. Laughlin, American Physicist (1950-  )
My own curiosity and interest are insatiable.
Emma Lazarus, American Poet (1849-1887)
Basically, I have been compelled by curiosity.
Mary Leakey, British Scientist (1913-1996)
My curiosity sustains me for the period of the shoot.
Daniel Day Lewis, British Actor (1957-  )
Getting to know someone else involves curiosity about where they have come from, who they are.
Penelope Lively, English Author (1933-  )
Curiosity killed the cat, but where human beings are concerned, the only thing a healthy curiosity can kill is ignorance.
Harry Lorayne, American Celebrity
My invention, (the motion picture camera), can be exploited... as a scientific curiosity, but apart from that it has no commercial value whatsoever.
Auguste Lumiere, French Director (1864-1948)
That ere long, now that curiosity has been so much excited on this subject, some human remains will be detected in the older alluvium of European valleys, I confidently expect.
Charles Lyell, British Lawyer (1797-1875)
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, American Sociologist
The basic drive behind real philosophy is curiosity about the world, not interest in the writings of philosophers.
Bryan Magee, British Author (1930-  )
My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
Malcolm X, American Activist (1925-1965)
We are driven by the usual insatiable curiosity of the scientist, and our work is a delightful game.
Murray Gell Mann, American Physicist (1929-  )
 
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