Curious

Famous quotes containing the word curious:

    One of the People! Born to be
    Their curious epitome;
    To share yet rise above
    Their shifting hate and love.
    Richard Henry Stoddard (1825–1903)

    It is a most curious experience for a man of seventy-two to be confronted with the greenhorn enthusiasms of his youth. Young people think they are so smart. Alas the doctrines they spout with such fervor turn out to be mostly parroted from their elders.
    John Dos Passos (1896–1970)

    Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
    Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
    While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
    As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
    Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1845)