Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles. — Samuel Johnson Tags: #Knowledge, #Curiosity, #SamuelJohnson, #English, #AuthorMini who’s who: Samuel Johnson :...
It takes a perverse determination to drain that instinctive curiosity away and make history seem just remote, dead and disconnected from our contemporary reality. Conversely, it just takes skilful storytelling to recharge that connection to make the past come alive in...
You can’t do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh. — John Singer Sargent Tags: #Curiosity, #Fresh, #Sketch, #JohnSingerSargent, #American, #ArtistMini who’s who: John Singer Sargent : American Artist Born: January 12, 1856...
Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness. — Bryant H. McGill Tags: #Great, #Curiosity, #Secrets, #BryantHMcGill, #American, #AuthorMini who’s who: Bryant H. McGill : American Author Born: November 7,...
I think the driving thing was curiosity about the universe. That fascinated me. I didn’t think anything about being famous or anything like that, I was just interested in the concepts involved. — Clyde Tombaugh Tags: #Universe, #Curiosity, #Driving,...