Michael Tippett Quotes

The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.

As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man.

In all known time there has never been a greater monster or miracle than the human being.

I've always been really curious about things and slightly confused by the world, and I think someone who feels that way is in a good position to be the one asking questions.

Never underestimate people. They do desire the cut of truth.

What exactly is it that humans do that is specifically human? There has to be something. How odd it is for billions of people to be alive, yet not one of them is really quite sure of what makes people people.

I've always been interested in a lot of things, and a lot of things at the same time, and I always tried to explain them to myself. I ask a lot of questions.

I'm considered wise, and sometimes I see myself as knowing. Most of the time, I see myself as wanting to know. And I see myself as a very interested person. I've never been bored in my life.

The greatest gift is not being afraid to question.

I'm quite a curious person. I don't mind being the one who doesn't know things, a role I often play in QI.

There are certain things that can be asked that get me excited. It's never a thing where I think I'm too good, I'm just the type of person who likes to be enlightened. I don't like to go through the motions.

But it has, in addition, an even more precious quality - a consciousness of the human intelligence, the human spirit and that man is a social creature.

I never had faith that the answers to human problems lay in anything that could be called political. I thought the answers, if there were answers, lay someplace in man's soul.

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.

We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.

I'm very curious, I guess, as a human being.

I love to doubt as well as know.

A curious mind is the most important attribute any man or woman can possess.

Humanity, you never had it to begin with.

I'm always frightened away by movies that lower the bar on our endeavor to learn more about the crazy weird creatures that we are.

It is a principle innate and co-natural to every man to have an insatiable inclination to the truth, and to seek for it as for hidden treasure

Therein lies the greatness of man. Fear is never allowed to dominate that desire for greater knowledge and as long as mankind retains that spirit we will move forward.

I'm a curious human being, and I love things that are a little bit off.

I think being fascinated by others is just who we are; we're curious creatures.

I love to learn about people.