Quotes & Sayings About Curiosity Kills

Success - is not about defeating others; but about defeating oneself — Ashok Kallarakkal

No job is complete until the selfie is posted. — Ashok Kallarakkal

Curiosity kills itself; and love is only curiosity, as is proved by its end. — Lord Byron

Say that people are "humane" is to say that they are kind; to say that they are "beastly," "brutal," or simply that they behave "like animals" is to suggest that they are cruel and nasty. We rarely stop to consider that the animal who kills with the least reason to do so is the human animal. We think of lions and wolves as savage because they kill; but they must kill, or starve. Humans kill other animals for sport, to satisfy their curiosity, to beautify their bodies, and to please their palates. Human beings also kill members of their own species for greed or power. Moreover, human beings are not content with mere killing. Throughout history they have shown a tendency to torment and torture both their fellow human beings and their fellow animals before putting them to death. No other animal shows much interest in doing this. While — Peter Singer

It may be that the strongest instinct of the human race, stronger than sex or hunger, is curiosity: the absolute need to know. It can and often does motivate a lifetime, it kills more than cats, and the prospect of satisfying it can be the most exciting of emotions. — Jack Finney

Yes, interest! The worm of interest. Are you surprised? No? Yes? One conclusion I have reached here after a year in my cell is that the only emotion people feel nowadays is interest or the lack of it. Curiosity and interest and boredom have replaced the so-called emotions we used to read about in novels or see registered on actors' faces. Even the horrors of the age translate into interest. Did you ever watch anybody pick up a newspaper and read the headline PLANE CRASH KILLS THREE HUNDRED? How horrible! says the reader. But look at him when he hands you the paper. Is he horrified? No, he is interested. When is the last time you saw anybody horrified? — Walker Percy

War has no winners and peace, no losers — Ashok Kallarakkal

Failure is success in abeyance; but only for those who persevere. — Ashok Kallarakkal

Test everything that can be tested. As soon as you think you know something, that's when you stop questioning it. Understanding kills curiosity. Understanding kills progress. — Josh Hanagarne

Don't be arrogant, because arrogance kills curiosity and passion. — Mina Bissell

Those who cannot perceive are no better than those who cannot see ... Those who cannot empathize are no better than those who cannot perceive ... — Ashok Kallarakkal

How can one fall in love? For me, love can only be uplifting ... — Ashok Kallarakkal

Curiosity, that's what kills us. Not muggers or all that bullshit about the ozone layer. It's our own hearts and minds. — Woody Allen

A friend in deed is a friend indeed. — Ashok Kallarakkal

Failure is a great teacher; but never insist on hiring one for yourself. Learn vicariously from others' teachers. — Ashok Kallarakkal

Curiosity doesn't kill the cat; it kills the competition. — Sam Walton

Fear of curiosity kills the cat ... slowly. — Brian Spellman

When you are in a fix, often the fix is in you. — Ashok Kallarakkal

Perfecting is a journey ... There is no destination called perfection. — Ashok Kallarakkal