Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.
--Aldous Huxley – English Novelist 1894-1963

Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.
--Leo Burnett – American Businessman 1891-1971

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson – American Poet 1803-1882

Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections.
--Daniel Boone – American Explorer 1734-1820

Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness.
--Bryant H. McGill – American Poet Born 1969

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
--Samuel Johnson – English Author 1709-1784

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.
--Thomas Hobbes – English Philosopher 1588-1679

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
--William Arthur Ward – American Writer 1921-1994

Curiosity killed the cat, but where human beings are concerned, the only thing a healthy curiosity can kill is ignorance.
--Harry Lorayne – American Celebrity

Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.
--James Stephens – Irish Poet 1882-1950

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.
--George Bernard Shaw – Irish Dramatist 1856-1950

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 – American First Lady 1884-1962⁶