Arthur C. Clarke Quotes

As a species we are always hungry for new knowledge.

People are curious and want to know about stuff.

People go into science out of curiosity, not to win awards. But scientists are human and have ambitions.

I have a natural curiosity for people.

I love information. I can never get enough. I get bored easily.

Humans are natural-born scientists. When we're born, we want to know why the stars shine. We want to know why the sun rises.

Exploration is an oft-lauded human activity, and one that resonates in the same way that music and good stories do. It's hard-wired into our species (and into many others), no doubt because it has survival value. Exploration occasionally rewards those who accept its risks, usually with new resources.

People want to learn how other people live. It's just human nature.

I think, by nature, human beings are curious. And I think that's only amplified as an artist.

People are innately curious.

We're all like detectives. We want to figure things out. Life, you know, we want to figure out life, and we want to figure out what's going on, so it's beautiful. It's beautiful that people are thinking.

I like that about human nature, that people are always striving to do better, and find something new.

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.

Curiosity and the urge to solve problems are the emotional hallmarks of our species.

People often say that I'm curious about too many things at once... But can you really forbid a man from harbouring a desire to know and embrace everything that surrounds him?

People die when curiosity goes.People have to find out, people have to know. How can there be any true revolution till we know what we're made of? 830

Ever since there have been people, there have been explorers, looking in places where other hadn't been before. Not everyone does it, but we are part of a species where some members of the species do, to the benefit of us all.

What to do, when a ship carrying a hundred passengers suddenly capsizes and there is only one lifeboat? When the lifeboat is full, those who hate life will try to load it with more people and sink the lot. Those who love and respect life will take the ship's axe and sever the extra hands that cling to the sides.

How can you do anything until you have seen everything,or as much as you can?

If hardship brought out the worst in people, the human race wouldn't have survived. Right after 9/11, for instance, the murder rate actually went down in New York City. In World War II during the Blitz, the civilians of London were bombed almost every night for six months, but psychiatric admissions declined.

I like to think that good people win. But even good people have other sides. Most people will slow down to get a good look at an accident, even though they won't admit it.

You always feel like you are the only one in the world, like everyone else is crazy for each other, but it's not true. Generally, people don't like each other very much. And that goes for friends, too.

Wonder is very important, because if we never wondered, we would never get to the point of asking questions. Yet wonder may lead people to write poetry or to paint pictures or to pray, as well as to ask the kinds of questions about the world and themselves that can be answered by science.

Creative people have an abiding curiosity and an insatiable desire to learn how and why things work. They take nothing for granted. They are interested in things around them and tend to stow away bits and pieces of information in their minds for the future use. And, they have a great ability to mobilize their thinking and experiences for use in solving a new problem.

Human nature is fond of novelty.