I’m attracted to the extreme light and the extreme dark. I’m interested in the human condition and what makes people tick. I’m interested in the things people try to hide.
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Quotes tagged ‘Curiosity’
I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.
Science is fun. Science is curiosity. We all have natural curiosity. Science is a process of investigating. It’s posing questions and coming up with a method. It’s delving in.
Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.
When I was young, I used to have this thing where I wanted to see everything. I used to think, ‘How can I die without seeing every inch of this world?’
It was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at the stars because we are human?
Where does a thought go when it’s forgotten?
I was a battleground of fear and curiosity.
There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.
But most of all, I like to watch people. Sometimes I ride the subway all day and look at them and listen to them. I just want to figure out who they are and what they want and where they are going.
Why can’t people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?
Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.
I wish I was a kid again, when I had all the answers.
I must be an emotional archaeologist because I keep looking for the roots of things, particularly the roots of behavior and why I feel certain ways about certain things.
Nothing is more curious and awkward than the relationship of two people who only know each other with their eyes — who meet and observe each other daily, even hourly and who keep up the impression…Between them there is listlessness and pent-up curiosity, the hysteria of an unsatisfied, unnaturally s…
But in some curious way — I wonder will you understand me?
You can't hate something if you're curious about it.
Being alert and curious about your fear allows it to become your teacher as well as to serve your growth.
Ceasing to travel really pulls the plug on that which makes us human. Travel bridges the education and cultural gaps. It fosters shifts in perspective. It fuels curiosity, empathy, tolerance, respect, understanding.