Erwin Neher Quotes

My most important quality or property is curiosity. And that had its beginning in what I was going to do with my life.

I think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke my early interest in science.

When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

As every parent knows, children begin life as uninhibited, unabashed explorers of the unknown. From the time we can walk and talk, we want to know what things are and how they work - we begin life as little scientists.

The human capacity to be curious has always existed.

Curiosity is the one thing invincible in Nature.

Be like Curious George, start with a question and look under the yellow hat to find what's there.

Make curiosity a wonder-ful habit.

Children, be curious. Nothing is worse (I know it) than when curiosity stops. Nothing is more repressive than the repression of curiosity. Curiosity begets love. It weds us to the world. It's part of our perverse, madcap love for this impossible planet we inhabit. People die when curiosity goes. People have to find out, people have to know.

My favourite words are possibilities, opportunities and curiosity.

I don't care what town you're born in, what city, what country. If you're a child, you are curious about your environment. You're overturning rocks. You're plucking leaves off of trees and petals off of flowers, looking inside, and you're doing things that create disorder in the lives of the adults around you.

The older I get, the more my curiosity grows, and every book I write is a new exploration.

I love learning, and I think that curiosity is a wonderful gift.

Uncertainty is a very good thing: it's the beginning of an investigation, and the investigation should never end.

The idea of finding things out, I hope that will stay with me until I drop.

I'm ever curious about the world. I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about. Having a vivid imagination is also a plus.

Curiosity is free-wheeling intelligence.

What drove me and kept me going over the decades? If I had to use a single word, it would be 'curiosity.'

I'm insatiably curious.

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

You discover yourself through the research of your work.

Never lose a holy curiosity.

I enjoy science, and I'm a very curious person. I always want to know the reason behind everything, big or small.

Wonder is the desire for knowledge.

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.