Curiosity Quotes - Page 19
These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curiosity, a passion for new ideas.
"Elvis Costello: Interview And Music". Interview with Brian Wise, Ocober 4, 2004.
Edward Gibbon (1840). “The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire”
Edmund Burke (1824). “A Philosophical Inquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful”, p.24
Chip Conley (2012). “Emotional Equations: Simple Truths for Creating Happiness + Success”, p.131, Simon and Schuster
With curious art the brain, too finely wrought, Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought.
Charles Churchill, William Tooke (1844). “The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill”, p.252, London : W. Pickering
Curiosity and the urge to solve problems are the emotional hallmarks of our species.
Carl Sagan (2012). “Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence”, p.81, Ballantine Books
Buzz Aldrin, Ken Abraham (2009). “Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon”, p.51, Crown Archetype
I have never read for entertainment, but rather for understanding and to satisfy my eager curiosity.