Lewis Thomas Quotes

Good science is done by being curious in general, by asking questions all around, by acknowledging the likelihood of being wrong and taking this in good humor for granted, by having a deep fondness for nature, and by being made jumpy and nervous by ignorance.

When I ask questions I'm genuinely curious and trying to learn.

You know," Daddy said, "it's some that can live their whole life out without asking about it and it's others has to know why it is, and this boy is one of the latters. He's going to be into everything!

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.

I'm a curious person. I like to ask questions.

I remain a humanist. We are a very curious race.

I'm quite a curious person. I don't mind being the one who doesn't know things, a role I often play in QI.

No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don't ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.

The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask question and have a sense of wonder. They have curiosity. 'Who, what, where, why, when, and how!' They never stop asking questions, and I never stop asking questions, just like a five year old.

I think there's a difference between ditzy and dumb. Dumb is just not knowing. Ditzy is having the courage to ask!

Writers are nosy people; we are endlessly curious: we ask questions when we shouldn't - we peek around corners when we are least expected.

I was born curious.

Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering questions when the chief relish of a life is to go on asking them.

My instincts for asking questions is to press but not to be a jerk about it.

I just love asking questions. I love people. It's in my DNA. I'm cursed - and blessed.

I grew a reputation for always asking questions and being nosy.

I think being fascinated by others is just who we are; we're curious creatures.

I am not shy when it comes to asking questions.

Good leaders are very curious, and they spend a lot of time trying to learn things.

By trying to understand everything, everything makes me dream

Man by Nature desires to know.

When I was very young I was very shy but at the same time I was very open cause I was very curious so I wanted to try many things.

That's my answer to the question what is your strongest emotion, if you ever want to ask me: Curiosity, old bean. Curiosity every time.

I have a natural curiosity about things, in general. I'm constantly trying to find out how things work and how I can put them back together again, and why they work that way. The natural world is all around us.

That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund.