Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
In plain words
Looking things up is just being nosy for a good reason.
Where these words come from
- 88% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- From Hurston's autobiography Dust Tracks on a Road (1942), Chapter 10, page 143. Modern author (post-1930) — kept to this one short, widely-quoted line per copyright care rule.
- Dust Tracks on a Road
- 1942 · United States · autobiography
More on curiosity
Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.
PlatoI don't study to know more, but to ignore less.
Sor Juana Inés de la CruzThere are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
William ShakespeareWe live in a beautiful and wonderful world, and the more you know about it the wiser and the better you will be.
Louisa May AlcottThese are times in which a genius would wish to live.
Abigail AdamsPhilosophy is the microscope of the thought.
Victor Hugo
PlatoI don't study to know more, but to ignore less.Sor Juana Inés de la CruzThere are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.William ShakespeareWe live in a beautiful and wonderful world, and the more you know about it the wiser and the better you will be.Louisa May AlcottThese are times in which a genius would wish to live.Abigail AdamsPhilosophy is the microscope of the thought.Victor Hugo