“I ask a lot because I'm very curious - especially about ex-girlfriends. I'm pretty good at getting the answers, too.” AsksAnswersCuriousGirlfriendExesEx Girlfriend Author:Brittany Murphy
“If this is preparation for life, where in the world, where in the relationship with our colleagues, where in the industrial domain, where ever again, anywhere in life, is a person given this curious sequence of prepared talks and prepared questions, questions to which the answers are known?” IfsThinkingWorldPersonsLife IsGivenAnswersKnownPreparedCuriousPreparationColleaguesDomainSequence Author:Edwin Land
“What are the characters that I discern most clearly in the so-called Anglo-Saxon type of man? I may answer at once that two stickout above all others. One is his curious and apparently incurable incompetence--his congenital inability to do any difficult thing easily and well, whether it be isolating a bacillus or writing a sonata. The other is his astounding susceptibility to fears and alarms--in short, his hereditary cowardice.... There is no record in history of any Anglo-Saxon nation entering upon any great war without allies.” MenWritingWellsMayTwoWarCharacterNationsDifficultAnswersRecordsTypeCuriousAlliesCowardiceEnteringInabilityAlarmsDifficult ThingsIncompetenceGreat WarHereditaryAnglo SaxonSusceptibilitySonatas Book:Mencken Chrestomathy Source: Mencken Chrestomathy
“I often pose questions to myself and want the answers. The questions may be psychological or emotional. Or they may involve botany or [...] physiology. [...] I am very curious about strangers I observe - as in a bus line. I am very attached to finding out answers.” WantMayLinesAnswersEmotionalFindingsStrangerPsychologicalCuriousBusPhysiologyBotany Author:Lydia Davis
“If 'why' was the first and last question, then because I was curious to see what would happen was the first and last answer. A version of it had been spoken to God Himself in the Garden of Eden, and it was destined to be the reason for the end of things at the hands of man.” IfsMenLifeFirstsEndsReasonHandsHappensLastsAnswersGardenVersionsCuriousDestinedEdenGarden Of EdenFirsts And Lasts Book:Night Music: Nocturnes Source: Night Music: Nocturnes
“Curiosity and listening [are the principles to an excellent interview]. I never go into an interview with a dedicated list of questions in which I will not deviate. You must be curious about the subject and listen to his answer and ask the next question off that rather than the next question on your list.” NextAsksAnswersPrinciplesSubjectsListeningCuriosityListsCuriousExcellentInterviewsDedicatedDeviate Author:Michael Kay