Inquisitive Minds Quotes

• Juzga a un hombre por sus preguntas y no por sus respuestas.

  Voltaire

  Sabiduría, Inteligencia, Hombres

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• Hay innumerables preguntas a las que la mente inquisitiva no puede dar respuesta en este estado: ¿Por qué existimos tú y yo? ¿Por qué se creó este mundo? Ya que iba a ser creado, ¿por qué no lo fue antes?

  Samuel Johnson

  Mind, Answers, World

  James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Edmond Malone (1824). “The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished”, p.328

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• I've always had an inquisitive mind about everything from flowers to television sets to motor cars. Always pulled them apart - couldn't put 'em back, but always extremely interested in how things work.

  Craig Johnston

  Flower, Sunshine, Car

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• Over the past 20 years, I have noticed that the most flexible, dynamic, inquisitive minds among my students have been industrial design majors. Industrial designers are bracingly free of ideology and cant. The industrial designer is trained to be a clear-eyed observer of the commercial world - which, like it or not, is modern reality.

  Camille Paglia

  Past, Reality, Years

  "How Capitalism Can Save Art" by Camille Paglia, www.wsj.com. October 05, 2012.

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• Para mentes inquisitivas como la tuya y la mía, la reflexión de que la cantidad de conocimiento humano no guarda proporción con la cantidad de ignorancia humana debe ser, desde un punto de vista, bastante agradable, a saber, que aunque vayamos a vivir eternamente, podemos estar continuamente entretenidos y encantados de aprender algo nuevo.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Learning, Ignorance, Knowledge

  Benjamin Franklin, Albert H. Smyth (1905). “Writings, Collected and Ed. with a Life and Introd”

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• Un estado de escepticismo y suspense puede divertir a unas pocas mentes inquisitivas. Pero la práctica de la superstición es tan agradable para la multitud que, si se les despierta a la fuerza, siguen lamentando la pérdida de su agradable visión.

  Edward Gibbon

  Lamento, pérdida, práctica

  Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman, M. Guizot (François), William Smith (1872). "Historia de la decadencia y caída del Imperio romano", p.68

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• Craft is important, but cameras for their own sake are not. A sense of aesthetics, a connection with the subject matter, an enquiring and an inquisitive mind, these factors outweigh whatever equipment we use.

  Michael Kenna

  Mind, Important, Cameras

  Fuente: www.smh.com.au

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• I am convinced that this is the only means of advancing science, of clearing the mind from a confused heap of contradictory observations, that do but perplex and puzzle the Student, when he compares them, or misguide him if he gives himself up to their authority; but bringing them under one general head, can alone give rest and satisfaction to an inquisitive mind.

  Joshua Reynolds

  Confused, Mean, Science

  sir Joshua Reynolds (1853). “Discourses on the Fine Arts Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy”, p.13

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