Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?
- George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
- Plutarch
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little more of this mystery each day.
-Albert Einstein
My favorite words are possibilities, opportunities and curiosity.
-Mario Testino
Science is fun. Science is curiosity. We all have natural curiosity. Science is a process of investigating. It's posing questions and coming up with a method. It's delving in.
-Sally Ride
Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we don't listen to understand. We listen to reply. When we listen with curiosity, we don't listen with the intent to reply. We listen for what's behind the words.
-Roy T. Bennett
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 would be curiosity.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back.
-Holly Black
One of my favorite things is to have a three-hour conversation over coffee with someone.
-Andy Grammer
My idea of good company is the company of clever, well informed people who have a great deal of conversation, that is what I call good company.
-Jane Austen
The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home.
-William Temple
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Good listeners have a huge advantage. For one, when they engage in conversation, they make people "feel" heard. They "feel" that someone really understand their wants, needs and desires. And for good reason; a good listener does care to understand.
-Simon Sinek
Judge a man by his questions, rather than by his answers.
-Voltaire
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.
-Terry Gross
We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered, we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its skill.
-James Stephens
The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.
-Thomas Berger
Curiosity is the process of asking questions, genuine questions, that are not lending to an ask for something in return.
-Brian Grazer
I realized if I didn't start talking to my relatives, asking questions, thinking back to my own beginnings, there would come a time when those people wouldn't be around to help me look back and remember.
-Jacqueline Woodson
One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.
-Bryant H. McGill
I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.
-Ernest Hemingway
I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So, if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening.
-Larry King
My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music and silence.
-Edith Sitwell
Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.