Julian Barnes Quotes

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. It is a seeking that he who wishes may know the cosmic secrets of the world and they that dwell therein.

Children, be curious. Nothing is worse (I know it) than when curiosity stops. Nothing is more repressive than the repression of curiosity. Curiosity begets love. It weds us to the world. It's part of our perverse, madcap love for this impossible planet we inhabit. People die when curiosity goes. People have to find out, people have to know.

Curiosity has its own reason for existence.

Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.

I enjoy science, and I'm a very curious person. I always want to know the reason behind everything, big or small.

Practice being curious; want to know things; ask questions.

Every single day, I'm curious about everything. Curiosity is finding answers to things.

I always want to know about things.

I just had a great curiosity about how things worked.

Fascination is one step beyond interest. Interested people want to know if it works. Fascinated people want to learn how it works.

Curiosity draws a man from consideration of the effect, to seek the cause.

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

Wonder is the seed of knowledge

Curiosity is the essence of human existence.

If you become so intensely curious that without knowing you cannot live, that is called seeking.

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

There is no wish more natural than the wish to know.

Curiosity might be pictured as being made up of chains of small questions extending outwards, sometimes over huge distances, from a central hub composed of a few blunt, large questions.

Curiosity is the thirst of the soul.

I keep six honest serving men.

I love learning, and I think that curiosity is a wonderful gift.

I adore people who ask questions and who cause others to share in their search.

Wonder is the desire for knowledge.

Write about what you want to know.