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Quotes about curiosity and asking questions. This hand-picked collection brings together 19 of the finest curiosity quotes ever written — from Samuel Johnson, English Proverb, Walt Whitman and other great voices. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.

Curiosity is the engine of achievement.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

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

— Samuel Johnson

Curiosity is the beginning of all wisdom.

Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.

Curiosity is the one thing that can overcome any obstacle — including boredom.

Curiosity killed the cat.

— English Proverb

Be curious, not judgmental.

— Walt Whitman

A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in the pupils.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

— Albert Einstein

Curiouser and curiouser!

— Lewis Carroll

Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why.

Curiosity is the most powerful thing you own.

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

Be curious, not judgmental — the world opens to the curious.

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible.

— Bertrand Russell

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

— Marie Curie

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