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 | |
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2015 | Who’s The Boss? |
2014 | What Counts In The Future |
2013 | Improper Sequence? |
2012 | Two Gems |
2011 | A True Test |
Posts Tagged ‘On Curiosity’
Useful Gift
Posted in Quotes, tagged Eleanor Roosevelt, On Curiosity, On Gifts, Quotes on July 1, 2016| Leave a Comment »
More Branches To Climb
Posted in My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Lazarus Long, My Journal, On Curiosity, On Learning, Philosophy, Quotes, Robert A. Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow on November 27, 2014| 2 Comments »
“There ought not to be anything in the whole universe that man can’t poke his nose into – that’s the way we’re built and I assume that there’s some reason for it.” | |
“Maybe there aren’t any reasons.” | |
“Yes, maybe it’s just one colossal big joke, with no point to it.” Lazarus stood up and stretched and scratched his ribs. “But I can tell you this, Andy, whatever the answers are, here’s one monkey that’s going to keep on climbing, and looking around him to see what he can see, as long as the tree holds out.” | |
— Robert A. Heinlein | |
From his novel: “The Past Through Tomorrow“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2013 | For And Against |
2012 | De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bonum |
2011 | Similar And Different |
2010 | Reminiscing |
Differences | |
Curious Talent
Posted in Quotes, tagged Albert Einstein, On Curiosity, On Talent, Quotes on September 26, 2014| Leave a Comment »
I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious. | |
— Albert Einstein | |
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On This Day In: | |
2013 | Eureka |
2012 | Slow Me |
2011 | He Said What?!? |
2010 | Gritty |
3 and 3 | |
Just A Hunch | |
Wall Street – Movie Review | |
2nd Pair – Shoe Review (Aborted and Final) |