Tom Robbins Quotes

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last; and perhaps always predominates in proportion to the strength of the contemplative faculties. He who easily comprehends all that is before him, and soon exhausts any single subject, is always eager for new inquiries; and in proportion as the intellectual eye takes in a wider prospect, it must be gratified with variety, by more rapid flights and bolder excursions.

Mere curiosity adds wings to every step.

You have to have curiosity in life. The moment you don't have any more curiosity, then don't do anything. Retire and stay in your house.

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

I have inspiration and feelings of being alive most every day I live.

Curiosity is the main energy.

Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in daily life that when people are inquisitive they nearly always have bad memories and are usually stupid at bottom.

The focus of education should not be on suppressive information but on kindling the thirst for knowing.

If you're curious, if you have a capacity for wonder, if you're alive, you know all that you need to know [about music].

Curiosity is what separates us from the cabbages. It's accelerative. The more we know, the more we want to know.

For me, curiosity is life. If you are not curious, you are in your coffin.

It is simply this: do not tire, never lose interest, never grow indifferent—lose your invaluable curiosity and you let yourself die. It's as simple as that.

What had made me move through so many dead and pointless years was curiosity.

Why ... did so many people spend their lives not trying to find answers to questions -- not even thinking of questions to begin with? Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?

I don’t like anything that’s got to be. I want to know why.

People inspire me. Curiosity inspires me. Mystery inspires me.

Curiosity is the key to creativity.

Legendary innovators like Franklin, Snow, and Darwin all possess some common intellectual qualities—a certain quickness of mind, unbounded curiosity—but they also share one other defining attribute. They have a lot of hobbies.

And I like people. I like to know what you're really up to. I'm a bit of a nosey busy body. Why do they do the things they do? Why are they prepared to do the things they do to get what they want? When? Where? Who?

Curiosity urges you on-driving force.

Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?

Think and wonder, wonder and think.

The important thing is to never stop questioning. Never lose a holy curiosity.

Curiosity is the engine of achievement.

If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back.