55 Movie Quotes about Curiosity (+ Sound Clips) - page 2

Updated: Apr 30, 2026

Memorable quotes about curiosity, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

11 The intent here is to gain a clearer perception of humanity. Where we've been, where we're going, the pitfalls and the possibilities, the perils and the promise. Perhaps even an answer to that universal question, 'Why?'

Christopher Lloyd as Dr. Emmett Brown in Back to the Future Part II

12 Where should we be if nobody tried to find out what lies beyond?

Colin Clive as Henry Frankenstein in Frankenstein (1931)

13 But, what was this? Weird sounds all around me. What could it be? My curiosity compelled me to stop.

Rod Taylor as H. George Wells in The Time Machine (1960)

14 Perhaps curiosity has died. Perhaps even courtesy has died, but I've come a long way and I would like to know a few things.

Rod Taylor as H. George Wells in The Time Machine (1960)

15 Hello, all you happy people.

Bill Thompson as Droopy Dog in The Tex Avery Show

16 Now let's not get nosey, Bub.

Bill Thompson as Droopy Dog in The Tex Avery Show

17 So why would you want to go there? -Because I never have. That's why people go places, isn't it?

Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank; Laura Linney as Meryl Burbank in The Truman Show

18 Truman! Truman, no! That's off-limits. -Why? What's over there? -Nothing. It's dangerous. That's all. You've got to know your limitations, Truman.

Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank in The Truman Show

19 He was curious from birth. Premature by two weeks. It was almost as if he couldn't wait to get started. -And, of course, his eagerness to leave his mother's womb was the very reason he was the one who was selected.

Ed Harris as Christof in The Truman Show

20 Hmm, like my grandma used to tell me, 'You can't be sure what's in the pickle barrel till you get the lid off'n it.'

Mel Blanc as Foghorn Leghorn in Foghorn Leghorn Shorts